diff -r a172541b6c86 config.sample.h
--- a/config.sample.h	Tue May 05 17:12:22 2009 -0400
+++ b/config.sample.h	Sun May 24 23:31:40 2009 -0400
@@ -5,3 +5,14 @@
 #define IRC_COMCHAR '!'

 #define PIDFILE "/tmp/simplebot-pid"
+
+/*
+ * Undefine LOG_FILE_DEFINED if you want to disable logging.
+ * LOG_FILE_SETTINGS can be "w" or "a", depending if you want it to
+ * overwrite the log file or append to it.
+ * LOG_FILE is the log file.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_FILE_DEFINED
+#define LOG_FILE_SETTINGS "w"
+#define LOG_FILE "/tmp/" IRC_NICK "-log"
diff -r a172541b6c86 src/simplebot/main.c
--- a/src/simplebot/main.c	Tue May 05 17:12:22 2009 -0400
+++ b/src/simplebot/main.c	Sun May 24 23:31:40 2009 -0400
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 		if (obuf[i] == '\r' && obuf[i + 1] == '\n') {
 			obuf[i] = '\0';
 			printf("< %s\n", obuf + o);
+			fflush(stdout);
 			o = i + 2;
 		}
 	}
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 int parsemessage(char *user, char *msgtype, char *where, char *target, char *message) {

 	printf("message:  [from: %s] [reply-with: %s] [where: %s] [reply-to: %s] \"%s\"\n", user, msgtype, where, target, message);
+	fflush(stdout);

 	return 0;

@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@
 int parsecommand(char *user, char *target, char *msgtype, char *command, char *args) {

 	printf("cmd:  [from: %s] [reply-with: %s] [reply-to: %s] [cmd: \"%s\"] [args: \"%s\"]\n", user, msgtype, target, command, args ? args : "");
+	fflush(stdout);

 	raw("%s %s :command: %s\r\n%s %s :args: %s\r\n", msgtype, target, command, msgtype, target, args ? args : "");

@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@
 	int j, start, wc;

 	printf("> %s\n", buf);
+	fflush(stdout);

 	if (!strncmp(buf, "PING", 4)) {
 		buf[1] = 'O';
@@ -266,11 +270,17 @@
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}

-		/* Redirect stdin, stdout, and stderr to /dev/null */
+		/* Redirect stdin and stderr to /dev/null */
 		freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin);
 		freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout);
 		freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr);

+#ifdef LOG_FILE_DEFINED
+		freopen(LOG_FILE, LOG_FILE_SETTINGS, stdout);
+#else
+		freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout);
+#endif
+
 		if (create_pidfile) {
 			/* Set the pidfile to contain the pid */
 			remove(PIDFILE);