Re: sed bug on seekable stdin

[Chuck Swiger]

Bob Proulx wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini wrote:
[ ... ]
> AFAIK fflush() is not needed in input streams as its purpose is to
> flush pending output buffers and input streams have none.

Agreed.

> > +      fseek(stdin, 0, SEEK_CUR);
> > +      fclose(stdin);
>
> How are I/O errors on stdin handled in this case?

A good question.

I'd like to understand the motivation of this patch a little better; it is to 
ensure something like consistent tape positioning if you attach sed's stdin to 
a non-rewind tape drive (/dev/nst or similar)?  Or are you trying to make sure 
that some utility earlier in the pipeline doesn't get an unexpected SIGPIPE?

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-Chuck