sigpipe-errors

Crates.iosigpipe-errors
lib.rssigpipe-errors
version0.1.0
created_at2026-01-15 18:16:33.611288+00
updated_at2026-01-15 18:16:33.611288+00
descriptionMakes the Rust standard library convert `SIGPIPE` to errors .
homepagehttps://github.com/Enselic/sigpipe-errors
repositoryhttps://github.com/Enselic/sigpipe-errors
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Martin Nordholts (Enselic)

documentation

https://docs.rs/sigpipe-errors

README

sigpipe-errors

What is the problem?

Normally the Rust standard library code sets SIGPIPE to SIG_IGN before your fn main() runs. This makes you see an error if you pipe your output to something like head:

fn main() {
    loop {
        println!("hello world");
    }
}
$ ./main | head
hello world
thread 'main' panicked at 'failed printing to stdout: Broken pipe (os error 32)', library/std/src/io/stdio.rs:1016:9
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrac

How do I solve it?

Add the following to your Cargo.toml to keep SIGPIPE as SIG_DFL so your program is nicely killed instead of panicking:

[dependencies]
sigpipe-errors = "0.1.0"
$ ./main | head
hello world

When Can I Use It?

Follow https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/150588 for updates.

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