+ } else {
+ advise (NULL, "unable to parse message %s", msgnam);
+ status = NOTOK;
+
+ /* If there's an outfile, pass the input message unchanged, so the message won't
+ get dropped from a pipeline. */
+ if (outfile) {
+ /* Something went wrong. Output might be expected, such as if this were run
+ as a filter. Just copy the input to the output. */
+ const char *input_filename = path (msgnam, TFILE);
+
+ if (copy_input_to_output (input_filename, outfile) != OK) {
+ advise (NULL, "unable to copy message to %s, it might be lost\n", outfile);
+ }
+ }