Hi, placing it after does not fix it completely but it is better:

G:\development\bin>x.pl -l
> 4,GENERAL,Script warning: Unknown option: l

print() on unopened filehandle LOG at G:\development\bin\x.pl line 45.
Version:2.0.0

NAME xxx


G:\development\bin>
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However using INIT for the option seems to do what I am looking for.

Example:

G:\development\bin>x.pl -b
Unknown option: b
Version:2.0.0

NAME xxx


G:\development\bin>
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Code:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_ignore_case bundling); # Get options / 
my $VERSION ;
my $flag_help;
my $flag_version;
my $flag_config;
INIT 
{
    $VERSION = "2.0.0";
    
    GetOptions (
        'h|help' => \$flag_help,
        'V|VER' => \$flag_version,
        'c|config=s' => \$flag_config,
            ) or die USAGE();
    
    # Check flags and print usage
    if ($flag_version)
    {
        print "Version: $VERSION\n";
        exit;
    }
    
    if ($flag_help)
    {
        USAGE();
        exit;
    }
}
INIT {$SIG{__DIE__}=sub {LOG_MSG("normal",3,"GENERAL","Script died: $_
+[0]") and close LOG;}}
INIT {$SIG{__WARN__}=sub {LOG_MSG("normal",4,"GENERAL","Script warning
+: $_[0]")}}
open(LOG,"> SCRIPTLOG_FILE") or die ("Can't open SCRIPTLOG_FILE: $!\n"
+);
close LOG;

print "xx $VERSION";
### subs


sub LOG_MSG
{
    my $par_LEVEL = shift (@_);
    my $par_SEVERITY = shift (@_);
    my $par_FUNCTION = shift (@_);
    my @line =  @_;
    print "> $par_SEVERITY,$par_FUNCTION,@line\n";
    print LOG "$par_SEVERITY,$par_FUNCTION,@line\n";
}

sub USAGE
{
    my ($message)=<<'MESSAGE';

NAME xxx
    
MESSAGE


    print "Version:${VERSION}\n$message";
    exit;
}
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Thank you.

Regard DeMichi