annotate lib/closeout.c @ 2838:fd547e6c4244

Include "__fpending.h". (close_stdout_status): Return right away if there's nothing to flush.
author Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
date Sat, 26 Aug 2000 12:05:50 +0000
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1 /* closeout.c - close standard output
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2 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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7 any later version.
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9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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12 GNU General Public License for more details.
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14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
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18 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
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19 # include <config.h>
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20 #endif
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22 #if ENABLE_NLS
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23 # include <libintl.h>
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24 # define _(Text) gettext (Text)
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25 #else
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26 # define _(Text) Text
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27 #endif
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28
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29 #if HAVE_STDLIB_H
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30 # include <stdlib.h>
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31 #endif
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32 #ifndef EXIT_FAILURE
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33 # define EXIT_FAILURE 1
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34 #endif
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35
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36 #include <stdio.h>
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37
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38 #include <errno.h>
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39 #ifndef errno
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40 extern int errno;
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41 #endif
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43 #include "closeout.h"
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44 #include "error.h"
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45 #include "quotearg.h"
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46 #include "__fpending.h"
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48 static int default_exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
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49 static const char *file_name;
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50
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51 /* Set the value to be used for the exit status when close_stdout is called.
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52 This is useful when it is not convenient to call close_stdout_status,
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53 e.g., when close_stdout is called via atexit. */
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54 void
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55 close_stdout_set_status (int status)
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56 {
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57 default_exit_status = status;
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58 }
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60 /* Set the file name to be reported in the event an error is detected
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61 by close_stdout_status. */
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62 void
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63 close_stdout_set_file_name (const char *file)
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64 {
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65 file_name = file;
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66 }
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68 /* Close standard output, exiting with status STATUS on failure.
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69 If a program writes *anything* to stdout, that program should `fflush'
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70 stdout and make sure that it succeeds before exiting. Otherwise,
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71 suppose that you go to the extreme of checking the return status
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72 of every function that does an explicit write to stdout. The last
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73 printf can succeed in writing to the internal stream buffer, and yet
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74 the fclose(stdout) could still fail (due e.g., to a disk full error)
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75 when it tries to write out that buffered data. Thus, you would be
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76 left with an incomplete output file and the offending program would
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77 exit successfully.
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78
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79 FIXME: note the fflush suggested above is implicit in the fclose
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80 we actually do below. Consider doing only the fflush and/or using
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81 setvbuf to inhibit buffering.
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83 Besides, it's wasteful to check the return value from every call
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84 that writes to stdout -- just let the internal stream state record
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85 the failure. That's what the ferror test is checking below.
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87 It's important to detect such failures and exit nonzero because many
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88 tools (most notably `make' and other build-management systems) depend
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89 on being able to detect failure in other tools via their exit status. */
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91 void
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92 close_stdout_status (int status)
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93 {
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94 int e = ferror (stdout) ? 0 : -1;
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96 if (__fpending (stdout) == 0)
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97 return;
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99 if (fclose (stdout) != 0)
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100 e = errno;
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102 if (0 <= e)
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103 {
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104 char const *write_error = _("write error");
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105 if (file_name)
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106 error (status, e, "%s: %s", quotearg_colon (file_name), write_error);
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107 else
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108 error (status, e, "%s", write_error);
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109 }
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110 }
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112 /* Close standard output, exiting with status EXIT_FAILURE on failure. */
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113 void
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114 close_stdout (void)
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115 {
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116 close_stdout_status (default_exit_status);
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117 }