#25 fix attempt 2

[etc/awesome.git] / helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index af6443fb88a51f4c4c0083b82f66465241ea211b..f2bd5e4467cddac354011ba0ee65506b2dde901d 100644 (file)
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ end
 
 -- see if the file exists
 function helpers.file_exists(file)
-  local f = io.open(file, "rb")
+  local f = io.open(file)
   if f then f:close() end
   return f ~= nil
 end
 
-
 -- get all lines from a file, returns an empty 
 -- list/table if the file does not exist
 function helpers.lines_from(file)