From e822f7464e37ff8eb69aeae3d3c46c8952e41fbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rudolfkoenig <>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:43:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 92_FileLog.pm: avoid FHEM crash if the file cannot be opened

git-svn-id: https://svn.fhem.de/fhem/trunk@23138 2b470e98-0d58-463d-a4d8-8e2adae1ed80
---
 fhem/FHEM/92_FileLog.pm | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/92_FileLog.pm b/fhem/FHEM/92_FileLog.pm
index 69097a0fc..c14d24310 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/92_FileLog.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/92_FileLog.pm
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ FileLog_Set($@)
     if(!FileLog_Switch($hash)) { # No rename, reopen anyway
       my $fh = $hash->{FH};
       my $cn = $hash->{currentlogfile};
-      $fh->close();
+      $fh->close() if($fh);
       if($cmd eq "clear") {
         $fh = new IO::File(">$cn");
         setReadingsVal($hash, "linesInTheFile", 0, TimeNow());