From 208d58fd4d0947e7d2c2f9147be3b711e4bcb5ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus2punkt0 <k.linus.svensson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:54:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added check for existance of database before attempting
 backup

---
 crosspost.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crosspost.py b/crosspost.py
index f7f64ef..5ee557e 100644
--- a/crosspost.py
+++ b/crosspost.py
@@ -496,7 +496,8 @@ def countLines(file):
 # and before the live database is saved as a backup, the current backup is saved as a new file, so that
 # it can be recovered later.
 def dbBackup():
-    if os.path.isfile(backupPath) and datetime.fromtimestamp(os.stat(backupPath).st_mtime) > datetime.now() - timedelta(hours = 24):
+    if not os.path.isfile(databasePath) or (os.path.isfile(backupPath)
+        and datetime.fromtimestamp(os.stat(backupPath).st_mtime) > datetime.now() - timedelta(hours = 24)):
         return
     if os.path.isfile(backupPath):
         if countLines(backupPath) < countLines(databasePath):