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Date:      Tue, 9 Apr 1996 13:49:40 +0200
From:      Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/1128: wc(1) exit if a file is not readable
Message-ID:  <199604091149.NAA01284@campa.panke.de>
Resent-Message-ID: <199604091950.MAA07434@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         1128
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       wc(1) exit if a file is not readable
>Confidential:   yes
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr  9 12:50:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Wolfram Schneider
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386
>Environment:
>Description:
>How-To-Repeat:

bash$ touch a b c
bash$ chmod 0000 b
bash$ wc a b c
       0       0       0 a
wc: b: Permission denied

>Fix:

FreeBSD 1.1.5, NetBSD, Solaris print a warning.


--- 1.1	1996/04/09 11:41:10
+++ wc.c	1996/04/09 11:45:41
@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@
 	fd = STDIN_FILENO;
 	linect = wordct = charct = 0;
 	if (file) {
-		if ((fd = open(file, O_RDONLY, 0)) < 0)
-			err("%s: %s", file, strerror(errno));
+		if ((fd = open(file, O_RDONLY, 0)) < 0) {
+			warnx("%s: %s", file, strerror(errno));
+			return;
+		}
 		if (doword)
 			goto word;
 		/*
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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