On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 11:52:12AM +0100, David Härdeman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 10:52:39AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > >Next step would be : > > > > 1) write a program writing to stdout and dropping the actual error message > > somewhere. > > How about this: > > #include <stdio.h> > #include <stdlib.h> > #include <errno.h> > #include <string.h> > > #define LOGFILE "/stdouttest.log" > #define TESTMSG "This is a test string\n" > > int > main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) > { > FILE *logfile; > int printerrno; > char *printerror; > int retval = EXIT_FAILURE; > int result; > > /* Setup a log file */ > logfile = fopen(LOGFILE, "a"); > if (!logfile) > exit(retval); > > fprintf(logfile, "Program %s started\n", argv[0]); > > /* Print to stdout */ > result = fprintf(stdout, TESTMSG); > > /* Log results */ > if (result < 0) { > printerrno = errno; > printerror = strerror(printerrno); > fprintf(logfile, "Printing failed (%i): %s\n", > printerrno, printerror); > } else if (result < strlen(TESTMSG)) { > fprintf(logfile, "Printing was truncated to %i bytes\n", > result); > } else { > fprintf(logfile, "Printing successful\n"); > retval = EXIT_SUCCESS; > } > > /* We're done */ > fclose(logfile); > exit(retval); > }
Thanks, i will try, but i won't have time until i am back from solution linux next thursday. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]