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-rw-r--r--libbb/gz_open.c14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/gz_open.c b/libbb/gz_open.c
index 19ec0a066..b23920b16 100644
--- a/libbb/gz_open.c
+++ b/libbb/gz_open.c
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
#include <unistd.h>
#include "libbb.h"
-extern int gz_open(FILE *compressed_file, int *pid)
+extern FILE *gz_open(FILE *compressed_file, int *pid)
{
int unzip_pipe[2];
if (pipe(unzip_pipe)!=0) {
error_msg("pipe error");
- return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ return(NULL);
}
if ((*pid = fork()) == -1) {
error_msg("fork failured");
- return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ return(NULL);
}
if (*pid==0) {
/* child process */
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ extern int gz_open(FILE *compressed_file, int *pid)
close(unzip_pipe[1]);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
-
close(unzip_pipe[1]);
- return(unzip_pipe[0]);
-} \ No newline at end of file
+ if (unzip_pipe[0] == -1) {
+ error_msg("Couldnt initialise gzip stream");
+ }
+ return(fdopen(unzip_pipe[0], "r"));
+}