diff -Naur fetchlog-1.4-orig/fetchlog.c fetchlog-1.4/fetchlog.c
--- fetchlog-1.4-orig/fetchlog.c	2018-07-11 14:00:03.328216490 -0400
+++ fetchlog-1.4/fetchlog.c	2018-07-11 14:08:31.814172473 -0400
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 	msg[fetchlen_G-2] = '~';
 	len = fetchlen_G + 1;
     }
-    fprintf(stdout, msg);
+    fputs(msg, stdout);
     free( msg );
 }
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
     /* something changed meanwhile ? */
     if( obm.mtime==nbm.mtime && obm.inode==nbm.inode && obm.last==nbm.last ) {
 	if( conv_G & CONV_OKMSG ) 
-	    fprintf(stdout, OK_MESSAGE "\n");
+	    fputs(OK_MESSAGE "\n", stdout);
 	close( fd );
 	return RET_OK;
     }
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
 	      ((conv_G & CONV_NAGIOS3)!= 0 && fetchlen_G-opos==4 )    )  ) ) {
 
 	if( conv_G & CONV_OKMSG ) {
-	    fprintf(stdout,OK_MESSAGE);
+	    fputs(OK_MESSAGE, stdout);
 	}
 	i = RET_OK;
     }else{