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-rw-r--r--copier.c12
-rw-r--r--editasroot.c6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/copier.c b/copier.c
index 3e7a6c6..5488f03 100644
--- a/copier.c
+++ b/copier.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
path = argv[0];
parentfd = atoi(argv[1]);
+ /* Send content of file to parent */
filefd = open(path, O_RDWR); /* O_RDWR establishes that we can indeed write to the file */
if (filefd < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s: open %s O_RDWR: %s\n", argv0, path, strerror(errno));
@@ -37,13 +38,18 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
exit(1);
}
- r = read(parentfd, &b, 1);
- if (r != 1) {
- if (r)
+ /* Wait for parent to start sending the new file content,
+ * so that O_TRUNC does not cause the file to be truncated
+ * without new content being sent in case the parent exited
+ * abnormally. */
+ r = recv(parentfd, &b, 1, MSG_PEEK);
+ if (r <= 0) {
+ if (r < 0)
fprintf(stderr, "%s: read %s: %s\n", argv0, path, strerror(errno));
exit(1);
}
+ /* Rewrite file with content sent from parent */
filefd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC);
if (filefd < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s: open %s O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC: %s\n", argv0, path, strerror(errno));
diff --git a/editasroot.c b/editasroot.c
index 09479f8..0a092cd 100644
--- a/editasroot.c
+++ b/editasroot.c
@@ -230,12 +230,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
/* Start file editor */
run_editor(editor, path, fds[0]);
- /* Signal to child that editor exited as expected */
- if (write(fds[0], &(char){1}, 1) != 1) {
- fprintf(stderr, "%s: write <socket to child>: %s", argv0, strerror(errno));
- exit(1);
- }
-
/* Rewrite file from tmpfile and unlink tmpfile */
fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) {