sub create_logfile { my ( $logfile, # final logfile name $filename, # filename sans extension $filext, # filename extension $filedir # dir for logfile ); # Get filename components ($filename, $filedir, $filext) = fileparse($0, '\..*'); # Create filename $logfile = "${filedir}log/$filename.log"; # Redirect STDOUT & STDERR to named logfile open( STDOUT, ">$logfile") or die "\nUnable to open logfile $logfile: $!\n"; open( STDERR, ">>&STDOUT"); # Set autoflush on select (STDERR); $| = 1; select (STDOUT); $| = 1; }