From ec3268961d1dc4072f6caa6f97db5436da2ff411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Roberto E. Vargas Caballero" Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 22:07:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add error message when child exits whit error Master proccess was not showing any error message when the child died with an error, and it was very confusing for the user (for example with incorrect -e command). --- st.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/st.c b/st.c index a2703f4..45bc89d 100644 --- a/st.c +++ b/st.c @@ -1176,16 +1176,15 @@ execsh(void) { void sigchld(int a) { - int stat = 0; + int stat, ret; if(waitpid(pid, &stat, 0) < 0) die("Waiting for pid %hd failed: %s\n", pid, strerror(errno)); - if(WIFEXITED(stat)) { - exit(WEXITSTATUS(stat)); - } else { - exit(EXIT_FAILURE); - } + ret = WIFEXITED(stat) ? WEXITSTATUS(stat) : EXIT_FAILURE; + if (ret != EXIT_SUCCESS) + die("child finished with error '%d'\n", stat); + exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } void -- 1.7.10.4