in reply to When cpan returns the dreaded "won't install without force"

Are you on Windows? If so, the following should work from a command prompt:

cpan install IO::Tty 1> install_test.txt 2>&1

That's basically piping STDERR to STDOUT and then STDOUT to a file (install_test.txt). However, you won't see the output on the screen at the same time.

If you have PowerShell installed and really want to display messages and send them to a file, you can use the tee-object cmdlet like the following:

cpan install IO::Tty 2>&1 | Tee-Object -FilePath C:\perl_stuff\install_test2.txt

Again, the "2>&1" is piping STDERR to STDOUT and then the tee-object is sending the output to STDOUT and a file at the same time.

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Re^2: When cpan returns the dreaded "won't install without force"
by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Mar 24, 2013 at 04:31 UTC

    Yes dasgar, I am using Windows XP SP3. I was hoping to get away from the command line and maybe write something in a script where I could dump several modules into a list and just run the script, maybe before I go to bed. I would have more control with a script over with the command line. Trust me, doing anything on the command line on a Windows machine is a pain. Here is a non-working untested beginnings of an idea.

    use strict;
use warnings;

use CPAN;

my $CPAN = CPAN->new();

for my $module (@modules) {
  my $install = $CPAN->install($module);
  my $file = "module-name-with-hyphens.txt";
  open(my $fh, '>', $file) or die $!;
  print $fh $install;
}

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    I am not sure the above will do what I want, but it is the general direction I am leaning toward.

    Have a cookie and a very nice day!
    Lady Aleena
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      "Trust me, doing anything on the command line on a Windows machine is a pain."

      How so?

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        marto, again apologies for the lack of specificity. Running perl scripts and checking syntax (perl -c) are okay, however perl -e gets on my nerves most of the time. Maybe I am just a big baby who likes her text editor toys like bracket match and pretty colors.

        Have a cookie and a very nice day!
        Lady Aleena
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