From 879b4c0a2cbbef50d1a4ec1d3b82e80b7d92167b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Simmerl <a.simmerl@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:00:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use common method to determine file existence

---
 types/priv_validator/json.go | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/types/priv_validator/json.go b/types/priv_validator/json.go
index 6e5261386..23c5d3e22 100644
--- a/types/priv_validator/json.go
+++ b/types/priv_validator/json.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
 
 	crypto "github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ func LoadPrivValidatorJSON(filePath string) *PrivValidatorJSON {
 // or else generates a new one and saves it to the filePath.
 func LoadOrGenPrivValidatorJSON(filePath string) *PrivValidatorJSON {
 	var pvj *PrivValidatorJSON
-	if _, err := os.Stat(filePath); err == nil {
+	if cmn.FileExists(filePath) {
 		pvj = LoadPrivValidatorJSON(filePath)
 	} else {
 		pvj = GenPrivValidatorJSON(filePath)