1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/imapsync b/imapsync
index b0226c3..30982af 100755
--- a/imapsync
+++ b/imapsync
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ my ($DBFILE, $LOCKFILE, $LOGGER_FD);
             or die "Can't open $CONF->{_}->{logfile}: $!\n";
         $LOGGER_FD->autoflush(1);
     }
+    elsif ($CONFIG{debug}) {
+        $LOGGER_FD = \*STDERR;
+    }
 }
 my $DBH;
 
@@ -196,14 +199,17 @@ $DBH->do('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON');
 sub msg($@) {
     my $name = shift;
     return unless @_;
-    logger($name, @_) if defined $LOGGER_FD and $LOGGER_FD ne \*STDERR;
+    logger($name, @_) if defined $LOGGER_FD and $LOGGER_FD->fileno != fileno STDERR;
     my $prefix = defined $name ? "$name: " : '';
     print STDERR $prefix, @_, "\n";
 }
 sub logger($@) {
     my $name = shift;
     return unless @_ and defined $LOGGER_FD;
-    my $prefix = strftime "%b %e %H:%M:%S ", localtime;
+    my $prefix = '';
+    if ($LOGGER_FD->fileno != fileno STDERR) {
+        $prefix = strftime "%b %e %H:%M:%S ", localtime;
+    }
     $prefix .= "$name: " if defined $name;
     $LOGGER_FD->say($prefix, @_);
 }