GNU bug report logs - #22195
deviation from POSIX in tee

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Eric Renouf <erenouf <at> skaion.com>

Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: Eric Renouf <erenouf <at> skaion.com>, 22195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22195: deviation from POSIX in tee
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:38:53 -0700

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Paul Eggert wrote:
> > trap '' PIPE
> 
> Generally you don't want to ignore SIGPIPE.
> http://pixelbeat/programming/sigpipe_handling.html
> as then you have to deal with EPIPE from write():

I wanted to add emphasis to this.  Ignoring SIGPIPE causes a cascade
of associated problems.  Best not to do it.

Bob

P.S. Typo alert:
  http://pixelbeat/programming/sigpipe_handling.html
Should be:
  http://www.pixelbeat.org/programming/sigpipe_handling.html
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