in reply to output from cgi

First, close STDOUT and then reopen it. Totally untested code:

close STDOUT;
open STDOUT, ">file.txt";

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Re: Re: output from cgi
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jan 08, 2002 at 21:14 UTC
    If you need to do this in a module or a larger program, you can localize the filehandle glob, or use the two-argument select. This is handy to avoid spooky action at a distance: 
    open(OUT, ">firstout.txt") or die "1: $!\n";
print OUT "First\n";

{
    local *OUT;
    open(OUT, ">secondout.txt") or die "2: $!\n";
    print OUT "Second\n";
}

print OUT "Third\n";

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    Update: If there's an explicit close, it's also worth checking for an error. Someone on p5p had intermittent test failures (creating temporary files) on a nearly full disk. I rarely check, but know I should.

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      If I could suggest: an explicit close ( OUT ); statement after the print statement, even if going out of scope does close the local OUT file handle.

      --t. alex

      "Excellent. Release the hounds." -- Monty Burns.

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