1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs.c b/libbb/xfuncs.c
index 0cf2005ac..fa4a15236 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ void xprint_and_close_file(FILE *file)
         fflush(stdout);
         // copyfd outputs error messages for us.
         if (bb_copyfd_eof(fileno(file), 1) == -1)
-                exit(xfunc_error_retval);
+                sleep_and_die();
 
         fclose(file);
 }