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makeinfo should accept /dev/fd/0 argument
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Bruno Haible |
Subject: |
makeinfo should accept /dev/fd/0 argument |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:06:43 +0200 |
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'makeinfo' refuses to read from stdin when it is named /dev/fd/0 (on Linux).
$ makeinfo --version
makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.12.94
...
$ { echo '@firstparagraphindent insert'; cat install.texi; } \
| makeinfo --plaintext --no-warn /dev/fd/0 >INSTALL
$ ls -l INSTALL
-rw-r--r-- 1 bruno user 0 Aug 26 00:59 INSTALL
strace reveals these system calls:
stat64("/dev/fd/0.txi", 0xbfffe4a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/dev/fd/0.texinfo", 0xbfffe4a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/dev/fd/0.texi", 0xbfffe4a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/dev/fd/0.txinfo", 0xbfffe4a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/dev/fd/0", {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("/dev/fd/0", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 5
read(5, "", 0) = 0
close(5) = 0
exit_group(0) = ?
Probably makeinfo read only 0 bytes because that is the st_size of the file.
But st_size of a file is meaningful only if a file is a regular file or
block device (S_ISREG || S_ISBLK), but here it is an S_ISFIFO file!
Bruno
- makeinfo should accept /dev/fd/0 argument,
Bruno Haible <=