diff -Naur Modem-Vgetty-0.03/ChangeLog Modem-Vgetty-0.04/ChangeLog
--- Modem-Vgetty-0.03/ChangeLog	1998-09-08 14:22:41.000000000 +0200
+++ Modem-Vgetty-0.04/ChangeLog	2003-02-05 07:29:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.4 1998/09/08 12:22:41 kas Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.2 2003/02/05 06:29:46 ceezed Exp $
 
 This is a ChangeLog file for the Modem::Vgetty Perl module.
 
+
+
 Tue Sep 8 12:07:03 MET DST 1998 by kas 
 
 Added the description of the callme.pl script to the manpage.
diff -Naur Modem-Vgetty-0.03/Makefile.PL Modem-Vgetty-0.04/Makefile.PL
--- Modem-Vgetty-0.03/Makefile.PL	1998-07-10 20:41:51.000000000 +0200
+++ Modem-Vgetty-0.04/Makefile.PL	2003-02-04 00:12:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# $Id: Makefile.PL,v 1.1 1998/07/10 18:41:51 kas Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile.PL,v 1.1 2003/02/03 21:25:43 ceezed Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1998 Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak <kas@fi.muni.cz>. All rights
 # reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
diff -Naur Modem-Vgetty-0.03/README Modem-Vgetty-0.04/README
--- Modem-Vgetty-0.03/README	1998-09-08 14:22:41.000000000 +0200
+++ Modem-Vgetty-0.04/README	2003-02-04 00:12:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-$Id: README,v 1.4 1998/09/08 12:22:41 kas Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.2 2003/02/03 21:26:16 ceezed Exp $
+
+This version of Modem::Vgetty has been modified to fix certain issues with 
+logging to an unopened filehandle and shutting down needlessly on DESTROY.
+The author has been notified on a few occasions but a response has yet to 
+arrive.
+Modifications by Patrick Deegan, Psychogenic.com.
+
 
 The Modem::Vgetty module is a Perl interface to the vgetty program,
 which can be used for communication with the voice modems. Vgetty
diff -Naur Modem-Vgetty-0.03/Vgetty.pm Modem-Vgetty-0.04/Vgetty.pm
--- Modem-Vgetty-0.03/Vgetty.pm	1998-09-08 14:22:42.000000000 +0200
+++ Modem-Vgetty-0.04/Vgetty.pm	2003-02-04 00:12:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # 
-# $Id: Vgetty.pm,v 1.13 1998/09/08 12:22:42 kas Exp $
+# $Id: Vgetty.pm,v 1.1 2003/02/03 21:25:43 ceezed Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1998 Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak <kas@fi.muni.cz>. All rights
 # reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 use vars qw($testing $log_file $VERSION);
 
-$VERSION='0.03';
+$VERSION='0.04';
 $testing = 0;
 $log_file = '/var/log/voicelog';
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 sub expect {
 	my $self = shift;
-	$self->{LOG}->print("expecting: ", (join '|', @_), "\n");
+	$self->{LOG}->print("expecting: ", (join '|', @_), "\n") if ($testing > 0);
 	my $received = $self->receive || return undef;
 	for my $expected (@_) {
 		return $received if $received eq $expected;
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 
 sub shutdown {
 	my $self = shift;
+	$self->{'_shutdownDone'} = 1;
 	$self->chat ('', 'GOODBYE', 'GOODBYE SHELL');
 	$self->{IN}->close;
 	$self->{OUT}->close;
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@
 
 sub DESTROY {
 	my $self = shift;
-	$self->shutdown;
+	$self->shutdown unless ($self->{'_shutdownDone'});
 }
 
 sub enable_events {
@@ -174,8 +175,8 @@
 
 sub beep {
 	my $self = shift;
-	my $freq = shift;
-	my $len = shift;
+	my $freq = shift || ''; # optional
+	my $len = shift  || ''; # optional
 	$self->chat ('', "BEEP $freq $len", 'BEEPING');
 }
 
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@
 	if ($dtmf eq '#') { # Stop the reading now.
 		$_readnum_in_timeout = 0;
 		$self->stop;
-		$self->{LOG}->print("_readnum_event(): Got #; stopping\n");
+		$self->{LOG}->print("_readnum_event(): Got #; stopping\n") if $testing;
 		return;
 	}
 	$_readnum_number .= $dtmf;