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diff --git a/write_or_die.c b/write_or_die.c
index ab4cb8a69c..bfe4eeb649 100644
--- a/write_or_die.c
+++ b/write_or_die.c
@@ -18,3 +18,28 @@ void write_or_die(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
p += written;
}
}
+
+int write_or_whine(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, const char *msg)
+{
+ const char *p = buf;
+ ssize_t written;
+
+ while (count > 0) {
+ written = xwrite(fd, p, count);
+ if (written == 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: disk full?\n", msg);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ else if (written < 0) {
+ if (errno == EPIPE)
+ exit(0);
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: write error (%s)\n",
+ msg, strerror(errno));
+ return 0;
+ }
+ count -= written;
+ p += written;
+ }
+
+ return 1;
+}