--- faac/frontend/main.c	2004-12-08 11:07:17.000000000 +0000
+++ faac-patched/frontend/main.c	2007-01-29 19:17:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -918,7 +918,14 @@
     {
 #endif
         /* open the aac output file */
-        outfile = fopen(aacFileName, "wb");
+	if (aacFileName[0] == '-')
+	{
+		outfile = stdout;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		outfile = fopen(aacFileName, "wb");
+	}
         if (!outfile)
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create output file %s\n", aacFileName);