From 1f720bec773166ded27ced0a311f656723738bb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:04:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Speedup database initialization be using exists instead of a
 permissions check for covers

---
 src/calibre/library/database2.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/library/database2.py b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
index 6d18a2d663..8e7002097a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/database2.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase, SchemaUpgrade, CustomColumns):
         except:
             # Can happen if path has not yet been set
             return False
-        return os.access(path, os.R_OK)
+        return os.path.exists(path)
 
     def remove_cover(self, id, notify=True):
         path = os.path.join(self.library_path, self.path(id, index_is_id=True), 'cover.jpg')