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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1994-05-19 22:18:30 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1994-05-19 22:18:30 +0000
commit39bbd361c18f688f72799e280f60d1ba765f6791 (patch)
treec0c03efcc99c2bc047c9bf00d7edaea458ca071e
parent5eaba01de64589ca28f43a0a6c2515b30d218521 (diff)
downloadgnulib-39bbd361c18f688f72799e280f60d1ba765f6791.tar.gz
GNU shell utilitiesSHELLUTILS-1_10
-rw-r--r--lib/xgethostname.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/xgethostname.c b/lib/xgethostname.c
index 86408e775d..9973b45bed 100644
--- a/lib/xgethostname.c
+++ b/lib/xgethostname.c
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ xgethostname ()
int err;
size = INITIAL_HOSTNAME_LENGTH;
+ hostname = xmalloc (size);
while (1)
{
- hostname = xmalloc (size);
hostname[size - 1] = '\0';
err = gethostname (hostname, size);
- if (err || hostname[size - 1] == '\0')
+ if (err == 0 && hostname[size - 1] == '\0')
break;
size *= 2;
hostname = xrealloc (hostname, size);