static int setup_event(Context *c, int fd, sd_event **ret) {
_cleanup_(sd_event_unrefp) sd_event *e = NULL;
+ struct stat st;
int r;
assert(arg_follow);
if (r < 0)
return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to add io event source for journal: %m");
- /* Also keeps an eye on STDOUT, and exits as soon as we see a POLLHUP on that, i.e. when it is closed. */
- r = sd_event_add_io(e, NULL, STDOUT_FILENO, EPOLLHUP|EPOLLERR, NULL, INT_TO_PTR(-ECANCELED));
- if (r < 0)
- return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to add io event source for stdout: %m");
+ if (fstat(STDOUT_FILENO, &st) < 0)
+ return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to stat stdout: %m");
+
+ if (IN_SET(st.st_mode & S_IFMT, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO, S_IFSOCK)) {
+ /* Also keeps an eye on STDOUT, and exits as soon as we see a POLLHUP on that, i.e. when it is closed. */
+ r = sd_event_add_io(e, NULL, STDOUT_FILENO, EPOLLHUP|EPOLLERR, NULL, INT_TO_PTR(-ECANCELED));
+ if (r < 0)
+ return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to add io event source for stdout: %m");
+ }
if (arg_lines != 0 || arg_since_set) {
r = sd_event_add_defer(e, NULL, on_first_event, c);