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-rw-r--r--src/tool_cb_wrt.h3
-rw-r--r--src/tool_operate.c7
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/tool_cb_wrt.h b/src/tool_cb_wrt.h
index 380d8dd6a..ecbefa808 100644
--- a/src/tool_cb_wrt.h
+++ b/src/tool_cb_wrt.h
@@ -29,5 +29,8 @@
size_t tool_write_cb(void *buffer, size_t sz, size_t nmemb, void *userdata);
+/* create a local file for writing, return TRUE on success */
+bool tool_create_output_file(struct OutStruct *outs);
+
#endif /* HEADER_CURL_TOOL_CB_WRT_H */
diff --git a/src/tool_operate.c b/src/tool_operate.c
index 01a61f9a7..771e42da6 100644
--- a/src/tool_operate.c
+++ b/src/tool_operate.c
@@ -1388,6 +1388,13 @@ static CURLcode operate_do(struct GlobalConfig *global,
#endif
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+ if(!result && !outs.stream && !outs.bytes
+ /* we have received no data despite the transfer was successful
+ ==> force cration of an empty output file (if an output file
+ was specified) */
+ && !tool_create_output_file(&outs))
+ result = CURLE_WRITE_ERROR;
+
if(outs.is_cd_filename && outs.stream && !global->mute &&
outs.filename)
printf("curl: Saved to filename '%s'\n", outs.filename);