From 3b17fe15f0b87ed2cca91a692c60bc28ac7dd0df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Grenville <pyxlcy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:28:48 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Bug fix #263: Always redirect std{out,err} if --logpath is
 specified

Always redirect std{out,err} if --logpath is specified, instead of only
redirect after fork, to correct the inconsistent behavior of --logpath
when getppid() returns 1. (#263)
---
 src/compton.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/compton.c b/src/compton.c
index 37e93c23..d8efda1f 100644
--- a/src/compton.c
+++ b/src/compton.c
@@ -4965,7 +4965,6 @@ fork_after(session_t *ps) {
     printf_errf("(): freopen() failed.");
     return false;
   }
-  success = ostream_reopen(ps, NULL);
 
   return success;
 }
@@ -7444,6 +7443,10 @@ session_init(session_t *ps_old, int argc, char **argv) {
     }
   }
 
+  // Redirect output stream
+  if (ps->o.fork_after_register || ps->o.logpath)
+    ostream_reopen(ps, NULL);
+
   write_pid(ps);
 
   // Free the old session