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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-05-10 16:39:35 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-05-10 16:39:35 +0000
commitebd41d46d815507552f0a5c3824e1beeff063cac (patch)
treec9e78c62444417e7f2cc85c4b7f41eec465e1a9b
parenta210d7d35c8471706c2c730d1092f944480b81fa (diff)
downloadcoreutils-ebd41d46d815507552f0a5c3824e1beeff063cac.tar.xz
[default_exit_status]: New file-scoped variable.
(close_stdout_set_status): New function.
-rw-r--r--lib/closeout.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/closeout.c b/lib/closeout.c
index 46c9f5750..ed02a7df1 100644
--- a/lib/closeout.c
+++ b/lib/closeout.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* closeout.c - close standard output
- Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ extern int errno;
#include "closeout.h"
#include "error.h"
+static int default_exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+/* Set the value to be used for the exit status when close_stdout is called.
+ This is useful when it is not convenient to call close_stdout_status,
+ e.g., when close_stdout is called via atexit. */
+void
+close_stdout_set_status (int status)
+{
+ default_exit_status = status;
+}
+
/* Close standard output, exiting with status STATUS on failure.
If a program writes *anything* to stdout, that program should `fflush'
stdout and make sure that it succeeds before exiting. Otherwise,
@@ -77,5 +88,5 @@ close_stdout_status (int status)
void
close_stdout (void)
{
- close_stdout_status (EXIT_FAILURE);
+ close_stdout_status (default_exit_status);
}