* src/fmt.c (fmt): Pass errno to error() so that
the particular error is diagnosed.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
---
NEWS | 3 +++
src/fmt.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1ccc52426..78f15884a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*-
outline -*-
'du' now processes directories with 10,000 or more entries up to 9 times
faster on the Lustre file system.
+ 'fmt' did now correctly diagnoses read errors.
+ Previously fmt generated a generic error for any read error.
+
'pinky' will now exit immediately upon receiving a write error, which is
significant when reading large plan or project files.
diff --git a/src/fmt.c b/src/fmt.c
index ae689ec28..8928a32b4 100644
--- a/src/fmt.c
+++ b/src/fmt.c
@@ -501,9 +501,9 @@ fmt (FILE *f, char const *file)
if (0 <= err)
{
if (f == stdin)
- error (0, err, _("read error"));
+ error (0, errno, _("read error"));
else
- error (0, err, _("error reading %s"), quoteaf (file));
+ error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quoteaf (file));
}
return err < 0;
}
--
2.52.0
