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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2014-08-20 13:45:16 -0400
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2014-08-20 13:45:16 -0400
commita32913d5aa816cdc41edbabf9b606b83aea6c835 (patch)
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parentfb762f6db0a363349afd83e5316daf613e27e450 (diff)
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Allow named pipes for our log files.
Closes ticket 12061. Based on a patch from "carlo von lynX" on tor-dev at https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-April/006705.html
Diffstat (limited to 'src/common/compat.c')
-rw-r--r--src/common/compat.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c
index c4f5987d5a..eb9a70f580 100644
--- a/src/common/compat.c
+++ b/src/common/compat.c
@@ -981,14 +981,23 @@ tor_fd_getpos(int fd)
#endif
}
-/** Move <b>fd</b> to the end of the file. Return -1 on error, 0 on success. */
+/** Move <b>fd</b> to the end of the file. Return -1 on error, 0 on success.
+ * If the file is a pipe, do nothing and succeed.
+ **/
int
tor_fd_seekend(int fd)
{
#ifdef _WIN32
return _lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END) < 0 ? -1 : 0;
#else
- return lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END) < 0 ? -1 : 0;
+ int rc = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END) < 0 ? -1 : 0;
+#ifdef ESPIPE
+ /* If we get an error and ESPIPE, then it's a pipe or a socket of a fifo:
+ * no need to worry. */
+ if (rc < 0 && errno == ESPIPE)
+ rc = 0;
+#endif
+ return rc;
#endif
}