From 256a3890e4997a3e004369a2ea09a82ebc2962a9 2013-10-27 20:12:08
From: Min RK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-10-27 20:12:08
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #4435 from minrk/tornado-tweaks

raise 404 on not found static file
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diff --git a/IPython/html/base/handlers.py b/IPython/html/base/handlers.py
index 700daab..478a80d 100644
--- a/IPython/html/base/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/base/handlers.py
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ class FileFindHandler(web.StaticFileHandler):
             try:
                 abspath = os.path.abspath(filefind(path, roots))
             except IOError:
-                # empty string should always give exists=False
-                return ''
+                # IOError means not found
+                raise web.HTTPError(404)
             
             cls._static_paths[path] = abspath
             return abspath