diff -Naur analogger-0.5.0-original/src/swiftcore/Analogger.rb analogger-0.5.0/src/swiftcore/Analogger.rb
--- analogger-0.5.0-original/src/swiftcore/Analogger.rb	2007-03-30 21:21:22.000000000 -0500
+++ analogger-0.5.0/src/swiftcore/Analogger.rb	2008-08-06 13:29:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
 			def cleanup
 				@logs.each do |service,l|
-					l.logfile.fsync if !l.logfile.closed? and l.logfile.fileno > 2
+					l.logfile.fsync if l.logfile.kind_of? File and !l.logfile.closed? and l.logfile.fileno > 2
 					l.logfile.close unless l.logfile.closed? or l.logfile.fileno < 3
 				end
 			end
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@
 					$stdout
 				elsif logfile =~ /^STDERR$/i
 					$stderr
+				elsif logfile =~ /\A\|/
+					Kernel.open(logfile,'wb')
 				else
 					File.open(logfile,'ab+')
 				end
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@
 			end
 
 			def flush_queue
-				@logs.each_value {|l| l.logfile.fsync if l.logfile.fileno > 2}
+				@logs.each_value {|l| l.logfile.fsync if l.logfile.kind_of? File and l.logfile.fileno > 2}
 			end
 
 			def key