use strict; use warnings; use FindBin; use File::Spec; my $log_fn = File::Spec->catfile($FindBin::Bin, "cleanup_handler_log.txt"); open my $LOG, '>>', $log_fn or die "Failed to open log '$log_fn' for appending ($!)\n"; binmode $LOG; $LOG->autoflush(1); # disable buffering package Blah;{ sub new { return bless {}, shift; } sub DESTROY { print $LOG "DESTROY() called. Cleaning up...\r\n"; } } my $obj = Blah->new; my $sleep_time = 1; # 1d print "Sleeping $sleep_time seconds ...\n"; sleep $sleep_time; print "Print finishing normally (sleep $sleep_time completed)\n";