[nfbcs] Failing If Statement

[Mike Gorse]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017, Lanie Molinar wrote:

> Okay, then if that doesn't work,I need to find a way to get rid of the 
> duplicate error messages in test 5:
...
> Starting Test 5
>
> This should yield an error because the file does not exist

Look at your if clauses. It's a good idea to stop trying to do things if 
your code encounters a fatal error. Ie, why not have your first if clause 
return from the function if it determines that the file doesn't exist, 
rather than going on and trying to read from the stream?

-Mike