diff --git a/builtin-merge-file.c b/builtin-merge-file.c
index 9d4e874809f495ad685a7218584041fa001696e5..96edb97a8327ba64cccf64bfa341e94d9f903e94 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-merge-file.c
+++ b/builtin-merge-file.c
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, merge_file_usage, 0);
if (argc != 3)
usage_with_options(merge_file_usage, options);
- if (quiet)
- freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr);
+ if (quiet) {
+ if (!freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr))
+ return error("failed to redirect stderr to /dev/null: "
+ "%s\n", strerror(errno));
+ }
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
if (!names[i])