--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -562,11 +562,11 @@
 
 	/* fopen will fail if mode=='w' and filename is a directory, so we
 	 * only need to check the mode=='r' case */
-	if (*mode == 'r') {
-	    result = stat(filename, &s);
-		if (result != 0) return NULL; /* stat() failed */
-	    if (S_ISDIR(s.st_mode)) return NULL; /* is a directory, so bail */
-	}
+//	if (*mode == 'r') {
+//	    result = stat(filename, &s);
+//		if (result != 0) return NULL; /* stat() failed */
+//	    if (S_ISDIR(s.st_mode)) return NULL; /* is a directory, so bail */
+//	}
 	return fopen(filename, mode);
 }