Index: src/common/common.cc
===================================================================
--- src/common/common.cc	(revision f4bf33ed04eb342d17a377035e58f078b78159c3)
+++ src/common/common.cc	(revision e0cd003326594ac9d86d8aefddfad61e75644bd1)
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@
 FILE* inputf=stdin;
 FILE* outputf=stdout;
-FILE* failedf=stdout;
 bool copy_processed=0;
 bool one_field=false;
@@ -172,11 +171,4 @@
     }
   
-  if(args->fail_given)
-      if(!(failedf=fopen(args->fail_arg,"w")))
-      {
-	fprintf(stderr,"Cannot open the output file: %s.\n", args->fail_arg);
-	exit(1);
-      }
-
   if(args->input_field_given)
     fieldprefix(args->input_field_arg[0],input_field_prefix);