Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 11:59:13 +0930 From: Michael Smith <msmith@cain.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1589: ftp fails to flush output Message-ID: <199609090229.LAA11012@cain.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Resent-Message-ID: <199609090240.TAA18301@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1589
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: ftp fails to flush output
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 8 19:40:03 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Michael Smith
>Organization:
Genesis Software
>Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386
>Environment:
Using /usr/bin/ftp as a slave process on the end of a pipe.
>Description:
The 'ftp' program fails to flush its output after each command,
meaning that a driving program may not receive the results of
a command until more output is produced.
>How-To-Repeat:
...should be inferrable from context.
>Fix:
(warning, X snarf-barf will have smashed tabs)
--- /usr/src/usr.bin/ftp/cmds.c Sat Aug 26 18:33:43 1995
+++ cmds.c Wed Jun 5 12:55:26 1996
@@ -1198,6 +1198,7 @@
return;
}
recvrequest(cmd, argv[2], argv[1], "w", 0);
+ fflush(stdout); /* flush results in case commands are coming from a pipe */
}
/*
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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