Index: Log-Log4perl-1.40/lib/Log/Log4perl/Appender/File.pm =================================================================== --- Log-Log4perl-1.40/lib/Log/Log4perl/Appender/File.pm (revision 32190) +++ Log-Log4perl-1.40/lib/Log/Log4perl/Appender/File.pm (working copy) @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ if ($self->{fh}) { my $fh = $self->{fh}; - close $fh; + close $fh if fileno $fh; } }