1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/inotail.c b/inotail.c
index 79bad64..3384d5b 100644
--- a/inotail.c
+++ b/inotail.c
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ static ssize_t tail_pipe(struct file_struct *f)
 
 	/* We will just tail everything here */
 	while ((rc = read(f->fd, buf, BUFFER_SIZE)) > 0) {
-		if (write(STDOUT_FILENO, buf, (size_t) rc)) {
+		if (write(STDOUT_FILENO, buf, (size_t) rc) < 0) {
 			/* e.g. when writing to a pipe which gets closed */
-			fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not write to stdout: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not write to stdout (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}