1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/print_file.c b/libbb/print_file.c
index a6df14ed9..cdd60e7a0 100644
--- a/libbb/print_file.c
+++ b/libbb/print_file.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
 
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@
 extern void print_file(FILE *file)
 {
         fflush(stdout);
-        copyfd(fileno(file), fileno(stdout));
+        if (copyfd(fileno(file), fileno(stdout), 0) == -1) {
+                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
         fclose(file);
 }