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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/tail.c b/usr.bin/tail/tail.c
index fa1e8f6..9162d17 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tail/tail.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tail/tail.c
@@ -219,7 +219,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
exit(1);
}
- if ((sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFSOCK || (sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFIFO) {
+ /*
+ * Determine if input is a pipe. 4.4BSD will set the SOCKET
+ * bit in the st_mode field for pipes. Fix this then.
+ */
+ if (lseek(fileno(stdin), (off_t)0, SEEK_CUR) == -1 &&
+ errno == ESPIPE) {
+ errno = 0;
fflag = 0; /* POSIX.2 requires this. */
}
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