--- getstream-old/getstream.c	2009-08-01 12:01:35.000000000 +0200
+++ getstream/getstream.c	2010-01-17 11:19:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
 
 static void usage(void ) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "-c <config file> -d -t <timeout>\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "-c <config file> -d -t <timeout> -l <logfile>\n");
 	exit(-1);
 }
 
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@
 	int			timeout=0;
 	GList			*al;
 	struct config_s		*config=NULL;
+        
+        logwrite_init();
 
-	while((ch=getopt(argc, argv, "c:dt:")) != -1) {
+	while((ch=getopt(argc, argv, "c:dt:l:")) != -1) {
 		switch(ch) {
 			case 'c':
 				config=readconfig(optarg);
@@ -124,6 +126,10 @@
 			case 't':
 				timeout=strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
 				break;
+                        case 'l':
+                                if (logwrite_set_output(optarg) == 0)
+                                        exit(1);
+                                break;
 			default:
 				usage();
 				break;
diff -u getstream-old/getstream.h getstream/getstream.h
--- getstream-old/getstream.h	2009-08-01 12:01:35.000000000 +0200
+++ getstream/getstream.h	2010-01-17 11:19:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -403,8 +403,10 @@
  *
  *
  */
+void logwrite_init();
 void logwrite_inc_level(void );
 void logwrite(int level, const char *format, ...);
+int logwrite_set_output(const char * file);
 
 enum {
 	LOG_ERROR,
--- getstream-old/logging.c	2009-08-01 12:01:35.000000000 +0200
+++ getstream/logging.c	2010-01-17 11:23:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
 #include "getstream.h"
 
 int loglevel=LOG_ERROR;
+static FILE * logfile;
+
+void logwrite_init() {
+        if (!logfile)
+                logfile = stdout;
+}
 
 void logwrite_inc_level() {
 	loglevel++;
@@ -32,8 +40,20 @@
 
 	strftime(timedate, sizeof(timedate), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", tm);
 
-	printf("%s.%03d %s\n",
+	fprintf(logfile, "%s.%03d %s\n",
 			timedate,
 			(int) tv.tv_usec/1000,
 			logbuffer);
+
+        fflush(logfile);
 }
+
+int logwrite_set_output(const char * file) {
+        logfile = fopen(file, "a");
+        if (logfile == NULL) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Log file open failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+                return 0;
+        }
+        return 1;
+}
+