if (!fd) {
if (!GetConsoleMode(hcon, &mode))
return 0;
+ /*
+ * This code path is only reached if there is no console
+ * attached to stdout/stderr, i.e. we will not need to output
+ * any text to any console, therefore we might just as well
+ * use black as foreground color.
+ */
+ sbi.wAttributes = 0;
} else if (!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hcon, &sbi))
return 0;