@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ namespace linuxdeploy {
 
             ElfFile::ElfFile(const boost::filesystem::path& path) {
                 // check if file exists
-                if (!bf::exists(path) || !bf::is_regular_file(path))
+                if (!bf::is_regular_file(path))
                     throw ElfFileParseError("No such file: " + path.string());
 
                 // check magic bytes
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function(ld_core_add_test_executable NAME)
         -DSIMPLE_ICON_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/simple_icon.svg"
         -DSIMPLE_FILE_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/simple_file.txt"
         -DREADONLY_FILE_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/readonly-file.txt"
+        -DEMPTY_FILE_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/empty-file.txt"
     )
 
     # make sure library and executable are built before test_appdir
 
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ namespace {
     }
 
     void expectThrowsElfFileErrorInvalidElfHeader(const char* path) {
-        expectElfFileConstructorThrowMessage(path, "Invalid magic bytes in file header");
+        expectElfFileConstructorThrowMessage(path, "Invalid magic bytes in header of file: ");
     }
 
     void expectThrowsElfFileErrorFileNotFound(const char* path) {
-        expectElfFileConstructorThrowMessage(path, "No such file or directory: ");
+        expectElfFileConstructorThrowMessage(path, "No such file: ");
     }
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace LinuxDeployTest {
     }
 
     TEST_F(ElfFileTest, checkInvalidElfHeaderOnEmptyFile) {
-        expectThrowsElfFileErrorInvalidElfHeader("/dev/null");
+        expectThrowsElfFileErrorInvalidElfHeader(EMPTY_FILE_PATH);
     }
 
     TEST_F(ElfFileTest, checkInvalidElfHeaderOnRandomFiles) {
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`@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function(ld_core_add_test_executable NAME)`
`16`	`16`	`-DSIMPLE_ICON_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/simple_icon.svg"`
`17`	`17`	`-DSIMPLE_FILE_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/simple_file.txt"`
`18`	`18`	`-DREADONLY_FILE_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/readonly-file.txt"`
	`19`	`+ -DEMPTY_FILE_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/empty-file.txt"`
`19`	`20`	`)`
`20`	`21`
`21`	`22`	`# make sure library and executable are built before test_appdir`
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`@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ namespace {`
`23`	`23`	`}`
`24`	`24`
`25`	`25`	`void expectThrowsElfFileErrorInvalidElfHeader(const char* path) {`
`26`		`- expectElfFileConstructorThrowMessage(path, "Invalid magic bytes in file header");`
	`26`	`+ expectElfFileConstructorThrowMessage(path, "Invalid magic bytes in header of file: ");`
`27`	`27`	`}`
`28`	`28`
`29`	`29`	`void expectThrowsElfFileErrorFileNotFound(const char* path) {`
`30`		`- expectElfFileConstructorThrowMessage(path, "No such file or directory: ");`
	`30`	`+ expectElfFileConstructorThrowMessage(path, "No such file: ");`
`31`	`31`	`}`
`32`	`32`	`}`
`33`	`33`
`@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace LinuxDeployTest {`
`51`	`51`	`}`
`52`	`52`
`53`	`53`	`TEST_F(ElfFileTest, checkInvalidElfHeaderOnEmptyFile) {`
`54`		`- expectThrowsElfFileErrorInvalidElfHeader("/dev/null");`
	`54`	`+ expectThrowsElfFileErrorInvalidElfHeader(EMPTY_FILE_PATH);`
`55`	`55`	`}`
`56`	`56`
`57`	`57`	`TEST_F(ElfFileTest, checkInvalidElfHeaderOnRandomFiles) {`