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authorGravatar Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>2014-03-23 17:22:26 -0400
committerGravatar David Bremner <david@tethera.net>2014-03-25 21:22:17 -0300
commit03680d10066f85887c1198925a7b297b27435919 (patch)
tree5ae216b53ca2251e5e65798af51c5d3b5f054ee6 /hooks.c
parent31a6333aa46fc8125d2fe1effd6fddf48e47c14e (diff)
cli: Flush stdout before fork()ing to run hooks
Without this flush, if stdout is block buffered (which will happen if it's a pipe or a file, for example) and the hook also writes to stdout, then notmuch new's output will appear *after* the hook output. This situation may be a little esoteric, but it's good practice to flush before you fork anyway.
Diffstat (limited to 'hooks.c')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hooks.c b/hooks.c
index 44ee4198..662629a9 100644
--- a/hooks.c
+++ b/hooks.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ notmuch_run_hook (const char *db_path, const char *hook)
goto DONE;
}
+ /* Flush any buffered output before forking. */
+ fflush (stdout);
+
pid = fork();
if (pid == -1) {
fprintf (stderr, "Error: %s hook fork failed: %s\n", hook,