Re: pg_dump return status.. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_dump return status..
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Msg-id 15183.978736455@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_dump return status..  (Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>)
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>> An fprintf returning 0 is a suspicious event; it's easy to imagine 
>> cases where it makes sense, but I don't think I have ever coded one.
>> Probably > N (where N is the smallest reasonable output, defaulting 
>> to 1) may be a better test in real code.

> On older systems fprintf returns 0 on success and EOF on failure.

The books I have all recommend testing for "a negative return value"
to detect printf errors.  The C standard also specifies "a negative
value" for errors --- it is not guaranteed that that value is EOF.
        regards, tom lane


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