Always write record counts to stderr.
diff --git a/dd.c b/dd.c
index 297d0ab..d46db82 100644
--- a/dd.c
+++ b/dd.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
size_t bs = 512, count = -1;
ssize_t n;
off_t seek = 0, skip = 0;
- FILE *statusfp;
char *infile = NULL, *outfile = NULL, *buf;
for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
@@ -110,12 +109,9 @@
if (ftruncate(ofd, seek * bs) < 0)
perror_msg_and_die("%s", outfile);
}
-
- statusfp = stdout;
} else {
ofd = STDOUT_FILENO;
outfile = "standard output";
- statusfp = stderr;
}
if (skip) {
@@ -151,8 +147,8 @@
out_part++;
}
- fprintf(statusfp, "%ld+%ld records in\n", (long)in_full, (long)in_part);
- fprintf(statusfp, "%ld+%ld records out\n", (long)out_full, (long)out_part);
+ fprintf(stderr, "%ld+%ld records in\n", (long)in_full, (long)in_part);
+ fprintf(stderr, "%ld+%ld records out\n", (long)out_full, (long)out_part);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}