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-rw-r--r--doio.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doio.c b/doio.c
index 8610a149d8..413e342dbc 100644
--- a/doio.c
+++ b/doio.c
@@ -283,8 +283,17 @@ Perl_do_open9(pTHX_ GV *gv, register char *name, I32 len, int as_raw,
}
if (IoIFP(thatio)) {
PerlIO *fp = IoIFP(thatio);
- /* Flush stdio buffer before dup */
+ /* Flush stdio buffer before dup. --mjd
+ * Unfortunately SEEK_CURing 0 seems to
+ * be optimized away on most platforms;
+ * only Solaris and Linux seem to flush
+ * on that. --jhi */
PerlIO_seek(fp, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+ /* On the other hand, do all platforms
+ * take gracefully to flushing a read-only
+ * filehandle? Perhaps we should do
+ * fsetpos(src)+fgetpos(dst)? --nik */
+ PerlIO_flush(fp);
fd = PerlIO_fileno(fp);
if (IoTYPE(thatio) == 's')
IoTYPE(io) = 's';