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Diffstat (limited to 'ext')
| -rw-r--r-- | ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.pm | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.pm b/ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.pm index b4473744c5..17ebb379c6 100644 --- a/ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.pm +++ b/ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.pm @@ -242,10 +242,11 @@ sub syslog { } } else { - open(CONS,">/dev/console"); - print CONS "<$facility.$priority>$whoami: $message\r"; - exit if defined $pid; # if fork failed, we're parent - close CONS; + if (open(CONS,">/dev/console")) { + print CONS "<$facility.$priority>$whoami: $message\r"; + exit if defined $pid; # if fork failed, we're parent + close CONS; + } } } } |