From 01c299e242cb768d575ce385463b5ec66c9a06d6e00eb7496d1fe22d38999b56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Oettli <spacefreak@noop.ch>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:45:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fail instead of looping when no mount target can be read

---
 pbc | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pbc b/pbc
index 190ee1c..4f0bf99 100755
--- a/pbc
+++ b/pbc
@@ -360,9 +360,10 @@ case "$action" in
     target=${args[2]}
 
     if [ -z "$target" ]; then
+      [ ! -t 0 ] && echo "Error: no target path given and stdin is not a terminal" >&2 && exit 1
       while [ -z "$target" ]; do
         echo -n "Target path: "
-        read -r target
+        ! read -r target && [ -z "$target" ] && echo "Error: no target path given" >&2 && exit 1
         [ -d "$target" ] && break
         echo -e "\nError: $target: no such directory\n" >&2
         target=''