1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/votify b/votify
index c8d4e40..2e295bc 100755
--- a/votify
+++ b/votify
@@ -24,13 +24,26 @@ use strict;
 (my $version = '$Revision: 1.5 $') =~ s/.*?(\d.*\d).*/$zero version $1\n/;
 my (%opt);
 
+sub grabfile_int {
+    my $f = shift;
+    open FILE, "<", $f;
+    $i = <FILE>;
+    close FILE;
+    chomp $i;
+    return $i + 0;
+}
+
 # Collect the open elections
 my (@open_elections, $usage_elections);
 opendir(D, "$Votify::datadir/") or die;
 @open_elections = sort grep {
     s/^start-// and do {
-        my ($starttime) = (stat _)[9] if stat("$Votify::datadir/start-$_");
-        my ($stoptime) = (stat _)[9] if stat("$Votify::datadir/stop-$_");
+        my ($startfile) = sprintf "%s/start-%s", $Votify::datadir, $_;
+        my ($stopfile) = sprintf "%s/stop-%s", $Votify::datadir, $_;
+        my ($starttime) = grabfile_int($startfile);
+        my ($stoptime) = grabfile_int($stopfile);
+        $starttime = (stat _)[9] if stat($startfile) and (!defined($starttime) or ($starttime <= 0));
+        $stoptime = (stat _)[9] if stat($stopfile) and (!defined($stoptime) or ($stoptime <= 0));
         ((not defined $starttime or $starttime < time) and
             (not defined $stoptime or $stoptime > time))
     }