1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tools/h5jam/h5unjam.c b/tools/h5jam/h5unjam.c
index 8e31ce1..fd79e1a 100644
--- a/tools/h5jam/h5unjam.c
+++ b/tools/h5jam/h5unjam.c
@@ -221,22 +221,20 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 
     }
 
-    res = stat(input_file, &sbuf);
+    ifid = HDopen(input_file,O_RDONLY,0);
+    if(ifid < 0) {
+        error_msg("unable to open input HDF5 file \"%s\"\n", input_file);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
 
-    if (res < 0) {
+    res = HDfstat(ifid, &sbuf);
+    if(res < 0) {
         error_msg("Can't stat file \"%s\"\n", input_file);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
     fsize = sbuf.st_size;
 
-    ifid = HDopen(input_file,O_RDONLY,0);
-
-    if (ifid < 0) {
-        error_msg("unable to open input HDF5 file \"%s\"\n", input_file);
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-
     if (do_delete && (ub_file != NULL)) {
             error_msg("??\"%s\"\n", ub_file);
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);