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| -rw-r--r-- | src/sort.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c index 4acc1e5a6..42e0b8e61 100644 --- a/src/sort.c +++ b/src/sort.c @@ -1747,6 +1747,14 @@ main (argc, argv) sort (files, nfiles, ofp); cleanup (); + /* If we wait for the implicit flush on exit, and the parent process + has closed stdout (e.g., exec >&- in a shell), then the output file + winds up empty. I don't understand why. This is under SunOS, + Solaris, Ultrix, and Irix. This premature fflush makes the output + reappear. --karl@cs.umb.edu */ + if (fflush (ofp) < 0) + error (1, errno, "fflush", outfile); + if (have_read_stdin && fclose (stdin) == EOF) error (1, errno, "-"); if (ferror (stdout) || fclose (stdout) == EOF) |