cope with jesse's logger, which lacks --id=VALUE

[hippotat.git] / hippotatd

diff --git a/hippotatd b/hippotatd
index 834dc5d473169631e3885426ada81f4dd7c2cb37..cb86c2bd4d4a805c6f20c2cd359de205ef099580 100755 (executable)
--- a/hippotatd
+++ b/hippotatd
@@ -400,16 +400,15 @@ def daemonise():
     if grandchildpid:
       # we are the intermediate child
       if opts.pidfile is not None:
-        print(grandchildpid, file=pfh)
-        pfh.close()
+        print(grandchildpid, file=pidfile_h)
+        pidfile_h.close()
       os._exit(0)
 
-    mypid = os.getpid()
-    pfh.close()
+    if opts.pidfile is not None:
+      pidfile_h.close()
                                                                         
     logger = subprocess.Popen(['logger','-d',
-                               '-t','hippotat(stderr)',
-                               '--id=%d' % mypid,
+                               '-t','hippotat[%d](stderr)' % os.getpid(),
                                '-p',opts.syslogfacility + '.err'],
                               stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                               stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,