my $field29 = 'ALL';
my $field30 = '';
my $field31 = 'dnat';
+
+if (! -e "$xtaccessconfig") {
+ print "Config file for external access not found. Exiting!\n";
+ exit(1);
+}
+
+if (! -s "$xtaccessconfig") {
+ print "Empty external access configuration file. Nothing to do. Exiting...\n";
+ exit(0);
+}
+
open(FILE, $xtaccessconfig) or die 'Unable to open config file.';
my @current = <FILE>;
close(FILE);