attempt to open stderr for reading first to comply with POSIX

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/more.c b/more.c
index 8dcea05..800f0da 100644
--- a/more.c
+++ b/more.c
@@ -751,15 +751,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
-		initscr();
-	} else {
+	if (newterm(NULL, stdout, stderr) == NULL) {
 		FILE *tty = fopen("/dev/tty", "r");
 		if (tty == NULL) {
 			perror("more: couldn't open terminal");
 			return 1;
 		}
-		newterm(NULL, stdout, tty);
+		if (newterm(NULL, stdout, tty) == NULL) {
+			perror("more: couldn't open terminal");
+			return 1;
+		}
 	}
 	cbreak();