Print a warning if opening in write mode fails.
---
fdisks/fdisk.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fdisks/fdisk.c b/fdisks/fdisk.c
index 7afd642..1c7b1f7 100644
--- a/fdisks/fdisk.c
+++ b/fdisks/fdisk.c
@@ -538,8 +538,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
fdisk_info(cxt, _("Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.\n"
"Be careful before using the write command.\n"));
- if (fdisk_context_assign_device(cxt, argv[optind], 0) != 0)
- err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), argv[optind]);
+ if (fdisk_context_assign_device(cxt, argv[optind], 0) != 0) {
+ if (fdisk_context_assign_device(cxt, argv[optind], 1) != 0)
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), argv[optind]);
+
+ fdisk_warnx(cxt, _(
+ "Opening device in write mode failed, device "
+ "is open in read-only mode.\nfdisk won't be "
+ "able to write changes."));
+ assert(cxt->readonly);
+ }
fflush(stdout);
--
1.9.0
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