[PATCH] cli: Flush stdout before fork()ing to run hooks
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44 Subject: [PATCH] cli: Flush stdout before fork()ing to run hooks\r
45 Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:22:26 -0400\r
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75 Without this flush, if stdout is block buffered (which will happen if\r
76 it's a pipe or a file, for example) and the hook also writes to\r
77 stdout, then notmuch new's output will appear *after* the hook output.\r
78 \r
79 This situation may be a little esoteric, but it's good practice to\r
80 flush before you fork anyway.\r
81 ---\r
82  hooks.c | 3 +++\r
83  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)\r
84 \r
85 diff --git a/hooks.c b/hooks.c\r
86 index 44ee419..662629a 100644\r
87 --- a/hooks.c\r
88 +++ b/hooks.c\r
89 @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ notmuch_run_hook (const char *db_path, const char *hook)\r
90         goto DONE;\r
91      }\r
92  \r
93 +    /* Flush any buffered output before forking. */\r
94 +    fflush (stdout);\r
95 +\r
96      pid = fork();\r
97      if (pid == -1) {\r
98         fprintf (stderr, "Error: %s hook fork failed: %s\n", hook,\r
99 -- \r
100 1.8.4.rc3\r
101 \r