2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/net.c b/lib/net.c
index 02354444..414c82a5 100644
--- a/lib/net.c
+++ b/lib/net.c
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ int pollinate(int in1, int in2, int out1, int out2, int timeout, int shutdown_ti
       if (pollfds[i].revents & POLLIN) {
         int len = read(pollfds[i].fd, libbuf, sizeof(libbuf));
         if (len<1) pollfds[i].revents = POLLHUP;
-        else xwrite(i ? out2 : out1, libbuf, len);
+        else {
+          xwrite(i ? out2 : out1, libbuf, len);
+          continue;
+        }
       }
       if (pollfds[i].revents & POLLHUP) {
         // Close half-connection.  This is needed for things like
diff --git a/tests/netcat.test b/tests/netcat.test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..40b51d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/netcat.test
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ -f testing.sh ] && . testing.sh
+
+#testing "name" "command" "result" "infile" "stdin"
+
+{ dd if=/dev/zero bs=4k count=1 2>/dev/null | tr '\0' a; echo b; } > testfile
+testing "more than buffer bytes left at end" \
+  "netcat -lp 1234 wc -c & cat testfile | netcat 127.0.0.1 1234" \
+  "4098\n" "" ""
+rm -f testfile