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| -rw-r--r-- | capture.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* capture.c * Routines for packet capture windows * - * $Id: capture.c,v 1.100 2000/05/06 05:08:39 guy Exp $ + * $Id: capture.c,v 1.101 2000/05/06 07:07:27 guy Exp $ * * Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer * By Gerald Combs <gerald@zing.org> @@ -178,7 +178,16 @@ do_capture(char *capfile_name) sprintf(scount,"%d",cf.count); sprintf(save_file_fd,"%d",cf.save_file_fd); signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN); - pipe(sync_pipe); + if (pipe(sync_pipe) < 0) { + /* Couldn't create the pipe between parent and child. */ + error = errno; + unlink(cf.save_file); + g_free(cf.save_file); + cf.save_file = NULL; + simple_dialog(ESD_TYPE_WARN, NULL, "Couldn't create sync pipe: %s", + strerror(error)); + return; + } if ((fork_child = fork()) == 0) { /* * Child process - run Ethereal with the right arguments to make @@ -312,7 +321,7 @@ do_capture(char *capfile_name) simple_dialog(ESD_TYPE_WARN, NULL, "Capture child process failed: EOF reading its error message."); } else - simple_dialog(ESD_TYPE_WARN, NULL, msg); + simple_dialog(ESD_TYPE_WARN, NULL, msg); g_free(msg); /* Close the sync pipe. */ |