Wise ones, I have a dilemma.

Quick and dirty explaination: I need a way of splitting STDERR
in the same way that the /bin/tee command splits STDOUT.

I am using Net::FTP to login and retrieve a file from a VAN, (value added network). After retrieving data the VAN returns a line

Total bytes retrieved: 0        stored: 0
... I need to be able to "catch" this line in a logfile AND still have the messages send to STDERR.

I am using Debug => 1 when I call Net::FTP

use Net::FTP; 
$ftp = Net::FTP->new("servername", Debug => 1);
$ftp->login("username","passwd");
$ftp->message();
$ftp->cwd("/tmp");
$ftp->get("some.file");
print "get returned: $ftp\n";
$ftp->quit;

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So, the line that I mention above is returned to STDERR, just as perldoc.com documentation says. My problem is that I need to be able to BOTH, have this information printed to STDERR for my system to log it AND be able to capture this data in a separate logfile that my Operations group can monitor.

As you can see from the code above, I have tried using message(), inherited from Net::Cmd, and printing the value of $ftp. However, these options only print the Net::FTP=GLOB(0x226c14) value of the command, I need the text messages.

I have tried using filehandles and several other creative, but unsuccessful options.

I can easily redirect STDERR to a file, or allow STDERR to operate normally, but I have not been able to get BOTH to work. Please help if you can.

Edited: Fri Jun 21 15:12:08 2002 (GMT), by Footpad: Fixed broken </CODE> tag and modified HTML Formatting to improve XML compatibility.

In reply to Splittig STDERR output to file AND STDERR by cybear

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