--- ../ed-1.12.reference/io.c	2015-01-11 19:43:16.000000000 +0100
+++ io.c	2015-07-17 22:29:04.640930193 +0200
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@
     return -1;
     }
   size = read_stream( fp, addr );
-  if( size < 0 ) return -1;
   if( *filename == '!' ) ret = pclose( fp ); else ret = fclose( fp );
+  if( size < 0 ) return -1;
   if( ret != 0 )
     {
     show_strerror( filename, errno );
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@
     return -1;
     }
   size = write_stream( fp, from, to );
-  if( size < 0 ) return -1;
   if( *filename == '!' ) ret = pclose( fp ); else ret = fclose( fp );
+  if( size < 0 ) return -1;
   if( ret != 0 )
     {
     show_strerror( filename, errno );