1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/it.class b/it.class
index 0d3cdec..45cc2cb 100644
--- a/it.class
+++ b/it.class
@@ -929,7 +929,8 @@ static function getopt($usage, $p = array())
 		it::error("Optional arguments passed to script without optional args in usage"); # FIXME 2020-10 NG merge with normal usage errors below
 	if ($err || $eat || $result['h'] || $result['help'] || $mandatoryargs)
 	{
-		fputs(($result['h'] || $result['help'] ? STDOUT : STDERR), trim($usage) . "\n");
+		if (is_resource($out = $result['h'] || $result['help'] ? STDOUT : STDERR))
+			fputs($out, trim($usage) . "\n");
 		return $p['noexit'] ? false : exit(1);
 	}