1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ninep/events.zig b/src/ninep/events.zig
index d75c399b..a3f8c278 100644
--- a/src/ninep/events.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/events.zig
@@ -622,7 +622,17 @@ pub fn writeEvent(p: *Pardes, req: Req, id: usize) Reply {
                 };
             },
             .tag_exec => _ = exec.execute(p, live, text),
-            .body_look, .tag_look => look.lookAt(p, live, text),
+            // What it found is what the look file reads back next, as a
+            // look written there would leave (ctl.run).
+            .body_look, .tag_look => {
+                p.look_missed = false;
+                look.lookAt(p, live, text);
+                p.fs.results_len = 0;
+                if (!p.look_missed) if (p.panes[p.active]) |found| {
+                    p.fs.results[0] = found.serial;
+                    p.fs.results_len = 1;
+                };
+            },
             else => unreachable,
         }
     }
@@ -839,6 +849,10 @@ test "writing an event record back performs the action it names" {
         try testing.expectEqual(E.INVAL, wr(p, event, bad).errno());
         try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), pane.msg_len);
     }
+    // A look written back sets what look reads back.
+    _ = wr(p, event, "FL0 3\n");
+    var want_serial: [16]u8 = undefined;
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(try std.fmt.bufPrint(&want_serial, "{d}\n", .{serial}), rd(p, @intFromEnum(tree.TopFile.look), 0, 64).bytes);
     // Well formed but past the text: said so, not "bad event syntax".
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("range past end of body", wr(p, event, "MX0 999\n").reply.ename);