(init_tty): Move setting the terminal name before the

potential user: maybe_fatal.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 6cf3d1610d8..daeca39e9bf 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-12-12  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+        * term.c (init_tty): Move setting the terminal name before the
+        potential user: maybe_fatal.
+
 2008-12-11  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
         * term.c (tty_free_frame_resources): Renamed from
diff --git a/src/term.c b/src/term.c
index fd1590547c1..4beb90dc014 100644
--- a/src/term.c
+++ b/src/term.c
@@ -3402,6 +3402,9 @@ init_tty (char *name, char *terminal_type, int must_succeed)
       fd = emacs_open (name, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY, 0);
 #endif /* O_IGNORE_CTTY */
 
+    tty->name = xstrdup (name);
+    terminal->name = xstrdup (name);
+
     if (fd < 0)
       maybe_fatal (must_succeed, terminal,
                    "Could not open file: %s",
@@ -3422,8 +3425,6 @@ init_tty (char *name, char *terminal_type, int must_succeed)
 #endif
 
     file = fdopen (fd, "w+");
-    tty->name = xstrdup (name);
-    terminal->name = xstrdup (name);
     tty->input = file;
     tty->output = file;
   }