Fixed --output=/dev/null on Linux

Closes #252
2025-08-16 05:58:31 +02:00 · 2014-09-07 10:20:32 +02:00
parent af873effb6
commit b0effe07d9
3 changed files with 21 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/httpie/input.py
+++ b/httpie/input.py
@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import re
 import json
+import errno
 import mimetypes
 import getpass
 from io import BytesIO
@ -185,7 +186,14 @@ class Parser(ArgumentParser):
            # `stdout`. The file is opened for appending, which isn't what
            # we want in this case.
            self.args.output_file.seek(0)
-            self.args.output_file.truncate()
+            try:
+                self.args.output_file.truncate()
+            except IOError as e:
+                if e.errno == errno.EINVAL:
+                    # E.g. /dev/null on Linux.
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    raise
            self.env.stdout = self.args.output_file
            self.env.stdout_isatty = False