+/**
+ * xfopen() is the same as fopen(), but it die()s if the fopen() fails.
+ */
+FILE *xfopen(const char *path, const char *mode)
+{
+ for (;;) {
+ FILE *fp = fopen(path, mode);
+ if (fp)
+ return fp;
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+
+ if (*mode && mode[1] == '+')
+ die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for reading and writing"), path);
+ else if (*mode == 'w' || *mode == 'a')
+ die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for writing"), path);
+ else
+ die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for reading"), path);
+ }
+}
+