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Re: Handling of output errors from -fprintf and similar predicates
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Handling of output errors from -fprintf and similar predicates |
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Sat, 05 May 2007 07:57:43 -0600 |
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According to James Youngman on 5/5/2007 7:38 AM:
> The -print predicate must always return 0. POSIX does not specify the
> other options.
>
> Should -fprintf and friends also return false when an output error
> occurs?
I agree with your argument that -fprintf should always succeed as a
predicate, even if a write failure causes find itself to exit with a
failure status.
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Eric Blake address@hidden
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