+
+ // Pass all log messages from the umbilical to stderr.
+ // A nul-byte right before closure means tincd started succesfully.
+ bool failure = true;
+ char buf[1024];
+ ssize_t len;
+
+ while((len = read(pfd[0], buf, sizeof buf)) > 0) {
+ failure = buf[len - 1];
+ if(!failure)
+ len--;
+ write(2, buf, len);
+ }
+
+ if(len)
+ failure = true;
+
+ close(pfd[0]);
+
+ // Make sure the child process is really gone.