1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm
index 8a776159ca2..81c502d288c 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm
@@ -1064,10 +1064,21 @@ sub download_file {
   }
   my $url;
   if ($relpath =~ m;^file://*(.*)$;) {
+    my $filetoopen = "/$1";
     # $dest is a file name, we have to get the respective dirname
-    my $par = dirname($dest);
-    copy("/$1", $par);
-    return 1;
+    if ($dest eq "|") {
+      open(RETFH, "<$filetoopen") or
+        die("Cannot open $filetoopen for reading");
+      # opening to a pipe always succeeds, so we return immediately
+      return \*RETFH;
+    } else {
+      my $par = dirname ($dest);
+      if (-r $filetoopen) {
+        copy ($filetoopen, $par);
+        return 1;
+      }
+      return 0;
+    }
   }
   if ($relpath =~ /^(http|ftp):\/\//) {
     $url = $relpath;
@@ -1516,6 +1527,7 @@ sub process_logging_options {
   if ($opt_logfile) {
     open(TLUTILS_LOGFILE, ">$opt_logfile") || die "open(>$opt_logfile) failed: $!\n";
     $::LOGFILE = \*TLUTILS_LOGFILE;
+    $::LOGFILENAME = $opt_logfile;
   }
 }