From e2f4e39f7e5628fffaa5b3fde0c04e730beaf763 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim G L Lyons <tim.g.lyons@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:35:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] find_file and find_folder do not return null string if the
 file or folder resp. do not exist (coding typo)

svn: r21267
---
 gramps/gen/utils/file.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gramps/gen/utils/file.py b/gramps/gen/utils/file.py
index 82fbbc825..af5309536 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/utils/file.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/utils/file.py
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ def find_file( filename):
             if os.path.isfile(fname):
                 return fname
         except UnicodeError:
-            return ''
+            pass
+ 
+    # not found
+    return ''
 
 def find_folder( filename):
     # try the filename we got
@@ -84,7 +87,10 @@ def find_folder( filename):
             if os.path.isdir(fname):
                 return fname
         except UnicodeError:
-            return ''
+            pass
+        
+    # not found
+    return ''
 
 def get_unicode_path_from_file_chooser(path):
     """