commit a2b20a19152b764b099a32392110b927a28f4292
parent 2087c20a83c87a1861b2858d6d0d3e1623223f5c
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:15:57 +0200
files: do not call fsync() on a fifo, to avoid a spurious error message
This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61234.
The original report was in:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2021-09/msg00029.html
Reported-by: André Kugland <kugland@gmail.com>
Bug existed since version 5.0, commit a84cdaaa.
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
@@ -1953,8 +1953,9 @@ bool write_file(const char *name, FILE *thefile, bool tmp,
unlink(tempname);
}
-#endif
+ if (!S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode))
+#endif
/* Ensure the data has reached the disk before reporting it as written. */
if (fflush(thefile) != 0 || fsync(fileno(thefile)) != 0) {
statusline(ALERT, _("Error writing %s: %s"), realname, strerror(errno));