+ bool prev_fail = ferror (stdout);
+ bool none_pending = (0 == __fpending (stdout));
+ bool fclose_fail = fclose (stdout);
+
+ if (prev_fail || fclose_fail)
+ {
+ int e = fclose_fail ? errno : 0;
+ char const *write_error;
+
+ /* If ferror returned zero, no data remains to be flushed, and we'd
+ otherwise fail with EBADF due to a failed fclose, then assume that
+ it's ok to ignore the fclose failure. That can happen when a
+ program like cp is invoked like this `cp a b >&-' (i.e., with
+ stdout closed) and doesn't generate any output (hence no previous
+ error and nothing to be flushed). */
+ if (e == EBADF && !prev_fail && none_pending)
+ return;
+
+ write_error = _("write error");
+ if (file_name)
+ error (exit_failure, e, "%s: %s", quotearg_colon (file_name),
+ write_error);
+ else
+ error (exit_failure, e, "%s", write_error);
+ }