From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:01:25 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (close_stdout_status): If ferror (stdout), do
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_1_5~30
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8d83abaf8938587604a656932bcd7e290293d879;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(close_stdout_status): If ferror (stdout), do
not silently exit merely because the output buffer happens to
have nothing pending.
---

diff --git a/lib/closeout.c b/lib/closeout.c
index aee1fcbbaf..0c78b6e4c3 100644
--- a/lib/closeout.c
+++ b/lib/closeout.c
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ close_stdout_status (int status)
 {
   int e = ferror (stdout) ? 0 : -1;
 
-  if (__fpending (stdout) == 0)
+  /* If the stream's error bit is clear and there is nothing to flush,
+     then return right away.  */
+  if (e && __fpending (stdout) == 0)
     return;
 
   if (fclose (stdout) != 0)