How to redirect fprintf output to C socket?

Question

How can I redirect fprintf output to a socket?

I am editing source code which has a lot of fprintf calls. It logs to a file. But I would li

Answer 1

I realize this isn't your question, but you might consider using a tool like netcat instead of messing with the code (which doesn't seem like a trivial change).

You can do something like this (updated to use a log fifo):

mkfifo /path/to/log

nc   < /path/to/log

http://netcat.sourceforge.net/