--- vobcopy-1.0.2.orig/vobcopy.1.de
+++ vobcopy-1.0.2/vobcopy.1.de
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" groff -man -Tascii vobcopy.1
 .\" verarbeiten
 .\"
-.TH VOBCOPY 1 "Nov 2005" Linux "User Manuals"
+.TH VOBCOPY 1 "Dez 2007" Linux "User Manuals"
 .SH NAME
 vobcopy \- kopiert (rippt) Dateien von einer (Video-) DVD auf die Festplatte
 .SH SYNTAX
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 .I einzelne zu kopierende Datei 
 .B ] [-t
 .I Name
-.B ] [-v [-v]] [-I] [-V] [-1
+.B ] [-v [-v]] [-I] [-V] [-L
+.I Logdatei-Pfad
+.B ] [-1
 .I zus�tzliches Ausgabeverzeichnis 1
 .B ] [-2
 .I zus�tzliches Ausgabeverzeichnis 2
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@
 in diesem Fall tippe "reset" und Enter, um das Terminal zu retten.
 .IP "-q, --quiet"
 alle Informations- und Fehlerausschriften von vobcopy werden in die Datei 
-/tmp/vobcopy.bla anstatt in die Standardfehlerausgabe geschrieben
+/tmp/vobcopy_XXXXXX anstatt in die Standardfehlerausgabe geschrieben
 .IP "-O, --onefile single_file(s)_to_rip"
 gibt (eine) einzelne Datei(en) f�r das Kopieren an. Teile von Namen k�nnen 
 angegeben werden und alle Dateien, die die Namensteile enthalten, werden 
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@
 .IP "-v -v"
 schreibt die Ausschriften in eine Logdatei unter /tmp/, um einen Fehlerreport 
 zu erzeugen. 
+.IP "-L LOGDATEI-PFAD"
+weist vobcopy an die Logdatei statt in den Standardpfad in den LOGDATEI-PFAD zu legen.
 .IP "-I, --info"
 gibt Informationen �ber die Titel, Kapitel und Teile der DVD aus.
 .IP "-V, --version"
--- vobcopy-1.0.2.orig/vobcopy.c
+++ vobcopy-1.0.2/vobcopy.c
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
   int               streamout, block_count, blocks, file_block_count;
 //  char              name[300], op;
   char              op;
-  char              dvd_path[255], logfile_name[20],logfile_path[280]; /* TODO: fill logfile_path with all zeros so that, when " if strncpy() finds the source too long IT
-  DOES NOT TERMINATE the sink, so the following strcat() is undefined and potentially fatal."  - Thanks Leigh!*/
+  char              dvd_path[255], logfile_name[20];
+  char              logfile_path[280] = {0};  /* need room for -L path + "/vobfile_XXXXXX" */
   char              dvd_name[35], vobcopy_call[255], provided_dvd_name[35];
   char              *size_suffix;
   char              pwd[255],provided_output_dir[255],provided_input_dir[255];
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@
           break;
 
         case'v': /*verbosity level, can be called multiple times*/
-          strcpy( logfile_path, "/tmp/" );
           verbose_flag = TRUE;
           verbosity_level++;
           break;
@@ -422,7 +421,6 @@
           		     call vobcopy (and since the normal logs get written to 
           		     /tmp and that gets cleared at every reboot... )*/
           strncpy( logfile_path, optarg, 255 );
-          strcat( logfile_path, "/" );
           verbose_flag = TRUE;
           verbosity_level = 2;
           break;
@@ -473,47 +471,38 @@
         }
     }
 
+  /* If the user didnt specify a logfile_path using -L then we do it here */
+  if (logfile_path[0] == '\0') strcpy(logfile_path, "/tmp");
+
   fprintf( stderr, "Vobcopy "VERSION" - GPL Copyright (c) 2001 - 2007 robos@muon.de\n" );
   fprintf( stderr, "[Hint] All lines starting with \"libdvdread:\" are not from vobcopy but from the libdvdread-library\n" );
-  if( quiet_flag )
+
+  if( quiet_flag || verbosity_level > 1)
     {
-      fprintf( stderr, "[Hint] Quiet mode - All messages will now end up in /tmp/vobcopy.bla\n" );
-      if ( freopen( "/tmp/vobcopy.bla" , "a" , stderr ) == NULL )
-        {
-          printf( "[Error] Aaah! Re-direct of stderr to /tmp/vobcopy.bla didn't work! If -f is not used I stop here... \n" );
-          printf( "[Hint] Use -f to continue (at your risk of stupid ascii text ending up in your vobs\n" );
-          if ( !force_flag )
-            exit( 1 );
-        }
-    }
+      int temp;
+      int i;
 
+      /* logfile_path was initialized by -L or to "/tmp" & has room for this strcat operation */
+      strcat(logfile_path, "/vobcopy_XXXXXX");
+      if ( temp = mkstemp ( logfile_path ) == -1 )
+      {
+        printf( "[Error] Re-direct of stderr to %s: %s\n", logfile_path, strerror(errno));
+        exit( 1 );
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        close( temp );
+      }
 
-  if( verbosity_level > 1 ) /* this here starts writing the logfile */
-    {
-      fprintf( stderr, "[Info] Uhu, super-verbose\n" );
+      fprintf( stderr, "[Hint] All messages will now end up in %s\n", logfile_path );
 
-      strcpy( logfile_name, "vobcopy_" );
-      strcat( logfile_name, VERSION );
-      strcat( logfile_name, ".log" );
-      strcat( logfile_path, logfile_name );
-      fprintf( stderr, "[Info] The log-file is written to %s\n", logfile_path );
-      fprintf( stderr, "[Hint] Make sure that vobcopy doesn't have to ask questions (like overwriting of old files), these end up in the log file...\n" );
-      fprintf( stderr, "[Hint] If you don't like that position, use -L /path/to/logfile/ instead of -v -v\n" );
-      if ( freopen( logfile_path, "a" , stderr ) == NULL )
-        {
-          printf( "[Error] Aaah! Re-direct of stderr to %s didn't work! \n", logfile_path );
-          /* oh no! redirecting of stderr failed, do best to quit gracefully */
+      if ( freopen(logfile_path , "a" , stderr ) == NULL )
+      {
+        printf( "[Error] Aaah! Re-direct of stderr to %s didn't work! If -f is not used I stop here... \n", logfile_path );
+        printf( "[Hint] Use -f to continue (at your risk of stupid ascii text ending up in your vobs\n" );
+        if ( !force_flag )
           exit( 1 );
-        }
-
-      strcpy( vobcopy_call, argv[0] );
-      for( argc_i = 1; argc_i != argc; argc_i++ )
-        {
-          strcat( vobcopy_call, " " );
-          strcat( vobcopy_call, argv[argc_i] );
-        }
-      fprintf( stderr, "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" );
-      fprintf( stderr, "[Info] Called: %s\n", vobcopy_call );
+      }
     }
 
   /*sanity check: -m and -n are mutually exclusive... */
--- vobcopy-1.0.2.orig/vobcopy.1
+++ vobcopy-1.0.2/vobcopy.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" Process this file with
 .\" groff -man -Tascii vobcopy.1
 .\"
-.TH VOBCOPY 1 "Dez 2005" Linux "User Manuals"
+.TH VOBCOPY 1 "Dec 2007" Linux "User Manuals"
 .SH NAME
 vobcopy \- copy (rip) files from a dvd to the harddisk
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 .I single_file(s)_to_rip
 .B ] [-t
 .I name
-.B ] [-v [-v]] [-I] [-V] [-1
+.B ] [-v [-v]] [-I] [-V] [-L
+.I logfile-path
+.B ] [-1
 .I aux_output_dir1
 .B ] [-2
 .I aux_output_dir2
@@ -74,9 +76,9 @@
 .IP "-n, --title-number TITLE-NUMBER"
 specify which title vobcopy shall copy (default is title with most chapters). On the dvd, vts_01_x.vob specify the first title (mostly this is the main feature).
 .IP "-o, --output-dir OUTPUT-DIR"
-specify the output-directory of the data. "stdout" or "-" redirect to stdout. Useful for pipeing it to /dev/null ;-) If you forget to pipe it to some place, your terminal will get garbled, so remember that typing "reset" and then Enter will rescue you.
+specify the output-directory of the data. "stdout" or "-" redirect to stdout. Useful for piping it to /dev/null ;-) If you forget to pipe it to some place, your terminal will get garbled, so remember that typing "reset" and then Enter will rescue you.
 .IP "-q, --quiet"
-all info- and error-messages of vobcopy will end up in /tmp/vobcopy.bla instead of stderr
+all info- and error-messages of vobcopy will end up in /tmp/vobcopy_XXXXXX instead of stderr (XXXXXX is replaced with a random string)
 .IP "-O, --onefile single_file(s)_to_rip"
 specify which single file(s) to rip. Parts of names can be given and all 
 files which include the part will be copied. Files can be listed with comma 
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@
 .IP "-v -v"
 prints the information given on command line into a log-file in /tmp/ for 
 inclusion into a bugreport.
+.IP "-L LOGFILE-PATH"
+tells vobcopy where to put the logfile instead of the default.
 .IP "-I, --info"
 prints information about the titles, chapters and angles on the dvd.
 .IP "-V, --version"