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-rw-r--r--libbb/xfuncs_printf.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs_printf.c b/libbb/xfuncs_printf.c
index e9222f6..1b11caf 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs_printf.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs_printf.c
@@ -235,8 +235,16 @@ void FAST_FUNC xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
{
if (count) {
ssize_t size = full_write(fd, buf, count);
- if ((size_t)size != count)
- bb_error_msg_and_die("short write");
+ if ((size_t)size != count) {
+ /*
+ * Two cases: write error immediately;
+ * or some writes succeeded, then we hit an error.
+ * In either case, errno is set.
+ */
+ bb_perror_msg_and_die(
+ size >= 0 ? "short write" : "write error"
+ );
+ }
}
}
void FAST_FUNC xwrite_str(int fd, const char *str)