--- a/bin/amdumpext	Mon Dec 16 21:05:22 2013 +0100
+++ b/bin/amdumpext	Mon Dec 16 21:19:41 2013 +0100
@@ -424,6 +424,8 @@
 sub exec_validate {
 
     my $pid = fork // die "Can't fork: $!\n";
+    open(STDOUT, '>', '/dev/null')
+	or die "Can't redirect STDOUT to /dev/null: $!\n";
 
     # the first part goes into restore
     # but restore stops reading after the directory
@@ -436,8 +438,6 @@
 
     # read the remaining dump via cat, I think,
     # nobody is fast than cat
-    open(STDOUT, '>', '/dev/null')
-      or die "Can't redirect STDOUT to >/dev/null: $!\n";
     exec 'cat';
     die "Can't exec `cat': $!\n";
 }