tie *STDOUT, 'InstallerHandleTie', $outfile, *STDOUT;
     tie *STDERR, 'InstallerHandleTie', $outfile, *STDERR;
##</code><code>##

package InstallerHandleTie;

use strict;
no strict 'refs';

use FileHandle;
use Tie::Handle;
our @ISA = qw (Tie::StdHandle);
use File::Basename;
use File::Path;

my $handleId = 0;  # this is a class variable so multiple ties
                   # to same file will create different handles

sub TIEHANDLE {
   my $class = shift;
   my @handles = ();

   # see if each handle is a filename or a real handle
   foreach my $h (@_) {
      if ($h =~ /^\*/ or ref $h eq 'GLOB') {
         # it's a handle (ie *package::name) or a glob
         push @handles, $h;
         $h->autoflush(1);
      } else {
         # assume it is a file name and try to open
         # create a handle name based on
         my $hname = "_FH_$handleId";
         $handleId++;
         my $dir = dirname($h);
         if (!-e $dir or !-d $h) {
            mkpath($dir);
         }
         open($hname, ">$h") or die "unable to open file '$h': $!";
         $hname->autoflush(1);
         push @handles, $hname;
      }
   }
   return bless \@handles, $class;
}

sub PRINT {
   my $self = shift;
   my $result = 0;
   foreach my $handle (@$self) {
      $result += print $handle @_ if (fileno($handle));
   }
   return ($result == @$self);
}

sub PRINTF {
   my $self = shift;
   my $result = 0;
   foreach my $handle (@$self) {
      $result += printf $handle @_ if (fileno($handle));
   }
   return ($result == @$self);
}
1;     # required 1 to end the Perl module
##</code><code>##

my $gfh = *STDOUT;
my $geh = *STDERR;

foreach my $outfile (@logs) {
   local *STDOUT;
   local *STDERR;

      tie *STDOUT, 'InstallerHandleTie', $outfile, $gfh;
      tie *STDERR, 'InstallerHandleTie', $outfile, $geh;
      print "Writing to $outfile\n";
      warn "Writing warning to $outfile\n";
      untie *STDOUT;
      untie *STDERR;
}