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Re: crash (unhandled SIGPIPE) on write to closed file descriptor
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Chet Ramey |
Subject: |
Re: crash (unhandled SIGPIPE) on write to closed file descriptor |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:28:45 -0400 |
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On 7/20/19 2:05 PM, Bonjour Abracadraba wrote:
> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 3
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Bash 2.04 through 5.0 crash when trying to write to a closed socket.
> It is expected for bash to give an user error, but it exits instead.
This seems like user error. The script's actions caused the socket to
close, the next write generates SIGPIPE as a result, and SIGPIPE is a fatal
signal.
If you want the script to survive the SIGPIPE it generates, trap SIGPIPE.
Chet
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/