diff --git a/extr.c b/extr.c
index ccf7e211d..a202b103b 100644
--- a/extr.c
+++ b/extr.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int save_attachments(int pageno, char *targetdir)
 					sprintf(pathname, "%s/%s", targetdir, name);
 					FILE *fout = fopen(pathname, "w");
 					if (!fout) {
-						fprintf(stderr, "extr: cannot write to file %s\n", name);
+						fprintf(stderr, "extr: cannot write to file %s\n", pathname);
 						exit(1);
 					}
 					dump_stream(pdf_to_num(f_obj), fout);
diff --git a/utils/pdfattach b/utils/pdfattach
index 73f81f02f..1bd7ab18d 100755
--- a/utils/pdfattach
+++ b/utils/pdfattach
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ numargs=$#
 for ((i=1 ; i <= $numargs ; i++))
 do
 	fullname=$(readlink -f "$1")
-	if [ ! -f "$fullname" ] ; then
+	if [ ! -r "$fullname" ] ; then
 		echo "$progname: file \"$fullname\" does not exist" >&2
 		usage
 	fi