1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/wget.c b/wget.c
index 4f894fcaa..c06e76d90 100644
--- a/wget.c
+++ b/wget.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int wget_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         ++do_continue;
                         break;
                 case 'O':
-                        fname_out = optarg;
+                        fname_out = (strcmp(optarg, "-") == 0 ? NULL : optarg);
                         break;
                 default:
                         usage(wget_usage);
@@ -74,12 +74,8 @@ int wget_main(int argc, char **argv)
          * Open the output stream.
          */
         if (fname_out != NULL) {
-                /* Check if the file is supposed to go to stdout */
-                if (!strcmp(fname_out, "-") == 0) {
-                        /* Nope -- so open the output file */
-                        if (freopen(fname_out, (do_continue ? "a" : "w"), stdout) == NULL)
-                                fatalError("wget: freopen(%s): %s\n", fname_out, strerror(errno));
-                }
+                if (freopen(fname_out, (do_continue ? "a" : "w"), stdout) == NULL)
+                        fatalError("wget: freopen(%s): %s\n", fname_out, strerror(errno));
         }
 
         /*
@@ -248,7 +244,7 @@ char *gethdr(char *buf, size_t bufsiz, FILE *fp, int *istrunc)
                 return hdrval;
         }
 
-        /* Rat!  The buffer isn't big enough to hold the entire header value. */
+        /* Rats!  The buffer isn't big enough to hold the entire header value. */
         while (c = getc(fp), c != EOF && c != '\n')
                 ;
         *istrunc = 1;