From 61f35bb6264b04fc24e09144a2515227d5531826 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 15:02:46 -0700
Subject: 50355: documentation and return status consistency in zsh/system
 module

---
 Src/Modules/system.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Src')

diff --git a/Src/Modules/system.c b/Src/Modules/system.c
index ea11ef037..929a8b002 100644
--- a/Src/Modules/system.c
+++ b/Src/Modules/system.c
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ bin_sysread(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
     int infd = 0, outfd = -1, bufsize = SYSREAD_BUFSIZE, count;
     char *outvar = NULL, *countvar = NULL, *inbuf;
 
+    errno = 0;	/* Distinguish non-system errors */
+
     /* -i: input file descriptor if not stdin */
     if (OPT_ISSET(ops, 'i')) {
 	infd = getposint(OPT_ARG(ops, 'i'), nam);
@@ -238,6 +240,8 @@ bin_syswrite(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
     int outfd = 1, len, count, totcount;
     char *countvar = NULL;
 
+    errno = 0;	/* Distinguish non-system errors */
+
     /* -o: output file descriptor if not stdout */
     if (OPT_ISSET(ops, 'o')) {
 	outfd = getposint(OPT_ARG(ops, 'o'), nam);
@@ -303,6 +307,13 @@ static struct { const char *name; int oflag; } openopts[] = {
     { "trunc", O_TRUNC }
 };
 
+/*
+ * Return values of bin_sysopen:
+ *	0	Success
+ *	1	Error in parameters to command
+ *	2	Error on open, ERRNO set by system
+ */
+
 /**/
 static int
 bin_sysopen(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
@@ -319,6 +330,8 @@ bin_sysopen(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
     int fdflags = 0;
 #endif
 
+    errno = 0;	/* Distinguish non-system errors */
+
     if (!OPT_ISSET(ops, 'u')) {
 	zwarnnam(nam, "file descriptor not specified");
 	return 1;
@@ -374,12 +387,12 @@ bin_sysopen(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
 
     if (fd == -1) {
 	zwarnnam(nam, "can't open file %s: %e", *args, errno);
-	return 1;
+	return 2;
     }
     moved_fd = (explicit > -1) ? redup(fd, explicit) : movefd(fd);
     if (moved_fd == -1) {
 	zwarnnam(nam, "can't open file %s", *args);
-	return 1;
+	return 2;
     }
 
 #ifdef FD_CLOEXEC
@@ -423,6 +436,8 @@ bin_sysseek(char *nam, char **args, Options ops, UNUSED(int func))
     char *whence;
     off_t pos;
 
+    errno = 0;	/* Distinguish non-system errors */
+
     /* -u:  file descriptor if not stdin */
     if (OPT_ISSET(ops, 'u')) {
 	fd = getposint(OPT_ARG(ops, 'u'), nam);
-- 
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