Receiving an @ERROR line from the server is (I think) always fatal, so

the client should exit upon receiving one and not be surprised that
the socket closes.

diff --git a/clientserver.c b/clientserver.c
index 190872d..2babcff 100644 (file)
--- a/clientserver.c
+++ b/clientserver.c
@@ -161,10 +161,14 @@ int start_socket_client(char *host, char *path, int argc, char *argv[])
                        exit(0);
                }
 
-               if (strncmp(line, "@ERROR", 6) == 0)
+               if (strncmp(line, "@ERROR", 6) == 0) {
                        rprintf(FERROR,"%s\n", line);
-               else
+                       /* This is always fatal; the server will now
+                        * close the socket. */
+                       return RERR_STARTCLIENT;
+               } else {
                        rprintf(FINFO,"%s\n", line);
+               }
        }
        kludge_around_eof = False;