Thanks

Had already tried that with same result

Mental block on scoping

Have block of code that calls a sub which calls another sub which returns result(0 or 1) after allegedly closing the handle opened in that last sub. The result propagates back to the original block which then tries to print a response back to the client. That print command is what comes up against the closed handle. The close was after STDERR AND STDOUT were restored so I can't understand how the STDOUT was closed.

If the handles are closed, perhaps reopening them.