From b09fe1d17c2ad8687df4662750e7f0cc1f2b86f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Connor <isaac@zoneminder.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 16:43:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Create fifo if it doesn't exist already

---
 src/zm_fifo.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/zm_fifo.cpp b/src/zm_fifo.cpp
index e1cb57625..7f737426e 100644
--- a/src/zm_fifo.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_fifo.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Fifo::~Fifo() {
   close();
 }
 bool Fifo::open() {
+  fifo_create_if_missing(path.c_str());
   if (!on_blocking_abort) {
     if ( (outfile = fopen(path.c_str(), "wb")) == nullptr ) {
       Error("Can't open %s for writing: %s", path.c_str(), strerror(errno));