1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/system/excpt.nim b/lib/system/excpt.nim
index 778137668..a6da8f5a3 100644
--- a/lib/system/excpt.nim
+++ b/lib/system/excpt.nim
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ var
     ## instead of stdmsg.write when printing stacktrace.
     ## Unstable API.
 
+proc c_fwrite(buf: pointer, size, n: csize, f: File): cint {.
+  importc: "fwrite", header: "<stdio.h>".}
+
+proc rawWrite(f: File, s: string|cstring) =
+  # we cannot throw an exception here!
+  discard c_fwrite(cstring(s), 1, s.len, f)
+
 when not defined(windows) or not defined(guiapp):
-  proc writeToStdErr(msg: cstring) = write(stdmsg, msg)
+  proc writeToStdErr(msg: cstring) = rawWrite(stdmsg, msg)
 
 else:
   proc MessageBoxA(hWnd: cint, lpText, lpCaption: cstring, uType: int): int32 {.