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| -rw-r--r-- | src/patch.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/patch.c b/src/patch.c index 44b6571..d73aaaf 100644 --- a/src/patch.c +++ b/src/patch.c @@ -1466,9 +1466,12 @@ open_outfile (char const *name) return create_output_file (name, 0); else { + FILE *ofp; int stdout_dup = dup (fileno (stdout)); - FILE *ofp = fdopen (stdout_dup, "a"); - if (stdout_dup == -1 || ! ofp) + if (stdout_dup == -1) + pfatal ("Failed to duplicate standard output"); + ofp = fdopen (stdout_dup, "a"); + if (! ofp) pfatal ("Failed to duplicate standard output"); if (dup2 (fileno (stderr), fileno (stdout)) == -1) pfatal ("Failed to redirect messages to standard error"); |