From: Steinar H. Gunderson <steinar+git@gunderson.no>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 21:32:02 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: If plocate-build cannot open the output file, give a proper error instead of crashing.
X-Git-Tag: 1.0.3~2
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=plocate;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6d3b7bfd195586acbd154b9d234323e30a006f10

If plocate-build cannot open the output file, give a proper error instead of crashing.
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diff --git a/plocate-build.cpp b/plocate-build.cpp
index 1571a77..2093ab2 100644
--- a/plocate-build.cpp
+++ b/plocate-build.cpp
@@ -480,6 +480,10 @@ void do_build(const char *infile, const char *outfile, int block_size)
 
 	umask(0027);
 	FILE *outfp = fopen(outfile, "wb");
+	if (outfp == nullptr) {
+		perror(outfile);
+		exit(1);
+	}
 
 	// Write the header.
 	Header hdr;