+static FILE *logfile;
+
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ return the date and time as a string
+****************************************************************************/
+static char *timestring(void )
+{
+ static char TimeBuf[200];
+ time_t t = time(NULL);
+ struct tm *tm = localtime(&t);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
+ strftime(TimeBuf,sizeof(TimeBuf)-1,"%Y/%m/%d %T",tm);
+#else
+ strlcpy(TimeBuf, asctime(tm), sizeof(TimeBuf)-1);
+#endif
+
+ if (TimeBuf[strlen(TimeBuf)-1] == '\n') {
+ TimeBuf[strlen(TimeBuf)-1] == 0;
+ }
+
+ return(TimeBuf);
+}
+
+static void logit(int priority, char *buf)
+{
+ if (logfile) {
+ fprintf(logfile,"%s %s", timestring(), buf);
+ fflush(logfile);
+ } else {
+ syslog(priority, "%s", buf);
+ }
+}
+
+void log_open(void)
+{
+ static int initialised;
+ int options = LOG_PID;
+ time_t t;
+
+ if (initialised) return;
+ initialised = 1;
+
+ if (lp_log_file()) {
+ logfile = fopen(lp_log_file(), "a");
+ return;
+ }
+
+#ifdef LOG_NDELAY
+ options |= LOG_NDELAY;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef LOG_DAEMON
+ openlog("rsyncd", options, lp_syslog_facility());
+#else
+ openlog("rsyncd", options);
+#endif
+
+#ifndef LOG_NDELAY
+ logit(LOG_INFO,"rsyncd started\n");
+#endif
+
+ /* this looks pointless, but it is needed in order for the
+ C library on some systems to fetch the timezone info
+ before the chroot */
+ t = time(NULL);
+ localtime(&t);
+}
+
+