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Date:      Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:37:16 -0400
From:      Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Tony Finch <fanf@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/uudecode uudecode.c src/usr.bin/uuencode uuencode.1
Message-ID:  <20020903183716.O94253@espresso.q9media.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020903132218.D56616@FreeBSD.org>; from jmallett@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:22:18PM -0700
References:  <200209031937.g83JbNxO079200@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020903132218.D56616@FreeBSD.org>

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Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> * De: Tony Finch <fanf@FreeBSD.org> [ Data: 2002-09-03 ]
> 	[ Subjecte: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/uudecode uudecode.c src/usr.bin/uuencode uuencode.1 ]
> > fanf        2002/09/03 12:37:23 PDT
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     usr.bin/uudecode     uudecode.c 
> >     usr.bin/uuencode     uuencode.1 
> >   Log:
> >   Don't try (and fail) to fchmod /dev/stdout. Revert the manual page
> >   to suggest the portable alternative to -p.
> 
> I think doing this based on fstat telling us that something is not a regular
> file (if it exists) is the right thing to do.

That's a good point, since a user could output to /dev/stderr and
encounter the problem.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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