Re: [PATCH v2] edit: Return error when save_file failed

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On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 03:23:21PM +0300, Antony Pavlov wrote:
> On Wed,  4 Nov 2015 12:03:24 +0100
> Enrico Jorns <ejo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > When writing a file failed (e.g. due to a read-only file system), no
> > error was reported by the 'edit' tool. To be valid (and to not confuse
> > the poor user) at least '1' should be returned to indicate an error.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Enrico Jorns <ejo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  commands/edit.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/commands/edit.c b/commands/edit.c
> > index b28e2b9..3b653b7 100644
> > --- a/commands/edit.c
> > +++ b/commands/edit.c
> > @@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ static int do_edit(int argc, char *argv[])
> >  	int i;
> >  	int linepos;
> >  	int c;
> > +	int ret = 0;
> 
> Can we use COMMAND_SUCCESS insted of 0?
> 
> 
> >  
> >  	if (argc != 2)
> >  		return COMMAND_ERROR_USAGE;
> > @@ -533,7 +534,7 @@ static int do_edit(int argc, char *argv[])
> >  			}
> >  			break;
> >  		case 4:
> > -			save_file(argv[1]);
> > +			ret = save_file(argv[1]);
> 
> Actually save_file() returns open()'s error. We have to convert it to COMMAND_ERROR, e.g.:

If we return an error code from a command then the caller will print the
corresponding error string to the console which might be what we want
here.

> 
> if (save_file(argv[1]) != 0)
> 	ret = COMMAND_ERROR;
> 
> Also save_file() does not check write()'s error.

Indeed, this could be fixed while touching this code.

Sascha


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