From 57724029da57cdc637dd3e3d1fd16e3f3f640e26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Grigg <jack@z.cash>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:37:10 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Only show metrics by default if stdout is a TTY

---
 src/init.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 45ee72efb..44765b235 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<CScheduler::Function>, "scheduler", serviceLoop));
 
     if ((chainparams.NetworkIDString() != "regtest") &&
-            GetBoolArg("-showmetrics", true) &&
+            GetBoolArg("-showmetrics", isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) &&
             !fPrintToConsole && !GetBoolArg("-daemon", false)) {
         // Start the persistent metrics interface
         ConnectMetricsScreen();