Improve daemon_open_log_or_die().

[paraslash.git] / daemon.c

diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index 4e15824f350989ea7d695d0c995bbc2160656b11..49d2e1007fcf92c99c511fbcadbe0f461a05638d 100644 (file)
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 1997 Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>
- *
- * Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
- */
+/* Copyright (C) 1997 Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>, see file COPYING. */
 
 /** \file daemon.c Some helpers for programs that detach from the console. */
 
@@ -238,15 +234,18 @@ void daemon_close_log(void)
  */
 void daemon_open_log_or_die(void)
 {
-       daemon_close_log();
+       FILE *new_log;
+
        if (!me->logfile_name)
                return;
-       me->logfile = fopen(me->logfile_name, "a");
-       if (!me->logfile) {
+       new_log = fopen(me->logfile_name, "a");
+       if (!new_log) {
                PARA_EMERG_LOG("can not open %s: %s\n", me->logfile_name,
                        strerror(errno));
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
+       daemon_close_log();
+       me->logfile = new_log;
        /* equivalent to setlinebuf(), but portable */
        setvbuf(me->logfile, NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
 }