print to console or /dev/null for debugging info

Hi All

I need a solution for my debug functionallity. Depending on the variable DEBUG, messages should or shouldn't appear in the console.

Can this be done with fprintf ? If DEBUG is 0 it should point to /dev/null and if 1 to the console (if it exists) ?

Any suggestions ?

thnx in advance
Luca

Code:

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#ifdef DEBUG
#define fdebug stdout
#else
#define fdebug stderr
#endif

...

fprintf( fdebug, ... );

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Something like that?


Quzah.

Or perhaps something like this?

Code:

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FILE* debug;

if (DEBUG)
  debug = fopen("/dev/null", "w");
else
  debug = stderr; /* or stdout */

fprintf(debug, "Debug Information");

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thnx a lot!!!