From d4fdb4f7a77264563c97e74e7a8bbff0c18d01c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jsteube <jens.steube@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:34:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Also check existence of rules selected from user using -r on
 startup

---
 src/user_options.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/user_options.c b/src/user_options.c
index 774565594..f89a8f453 100644
--- a/src/user_options.c
+++ b/src/user_options.c
@@ -1344,6 +1344,18 @@ int user_options_check_files (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
         return -1;
       }
     }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < (int) user_options->rp_files_cnt; i++)
+    {
+      char *rp_file = user_options->rp_files[i];
+
+      if (hc_path_exist (rp_file) == false)
+      {
+        event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "%s: %m", rp_file);
+
+        return -1;
+      }
+    }
   }
   else if (user_options->attack_mode == ATTACK_MODE_COMBI)
   {