dup stdout / stderr if we can

Otherwise fall back to open(/dev/foo)

diff --git a/src/main/exfile.c b/src/main/exfile.c
index 59e6a05d80f79ac4533e75713ccbaa5680c30b7e..1b498cedb6461341dee9bc6c0913b3016724dcf1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/main/exfile.c
+++ b/src/main/exfile.c
@@ -170,7 +170,20 @@ static int exfile_open_mkdir(exfile_t *ef, char const *filename, mode_t permissi
                        oflag = O_RDWR;
                }
 
-               fd = open(filename, oflag, permissions);
+               /*
+                *      Just dup stdout / stderr if it's possible.
+                */
+               if ((default_log.dst == L_DST_STDOUT) &&
+                   (strcmp(filename, "/dev/stdout") == 0)) {
+                       fd = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
+
+               } else if ((default_log.dst == L_DST_STDERR) &&
+                          (strcmp(filename, "/dev/stderr") == 0)) {
+                       fd = dup(STDERR_FILENO);
+               } else {
+                       fd = open(filename, oflag, permissions);
+               }
+
                if (fd < 0) {
                        fr_strerror_printf("Failed to open file %s: %s",
                                           filename, strerror(errno));