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-rw-r--r--findutils/xargs.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index c5f7b208c..ddfbe9230 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -81,10 +81,8 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
strcat(execstr, cmd_to_be_executed);
strcat(execstr, file_to_act_on);
cmd_output = popen(execstr, "r");
- if (cmd_output == NULL) {
- perror("popen");
- exit(1);
- }
+ if (cmd_output == NULL)
+ perror_msg_and_die("popen");
/* harvest the output */
while ((output_line = get_line_from_file(cmd_output)) != NULL) {