i am working on a script with Net::Telnet and whenever i uncomment my adjustment to the Errmode directive all instances of the object immedately generate errors and go strait into it, but when i use the default the exact same input succeeds.
also, when commented out the logfile is generated, but when it is in (my change to Errmode) the logfile is not written to or generated.
here is the relavent code snippet
telnet_login($username,$password,$host,\$telnet);
......
sub telnet_login
{   
    use Net::Telnet;
    my ($username, $password, $host, $telnet) = @_;
    my $error_msg= "Incorrect username or password, please try again";
    $$telnet = new Net::Telnet (Timeout=>7,
#                       Errmode=>\&report_error($error_msg));
####the above line is the one spoken of in my description#############
+#######

$$telnet->dump_log("./Plog.log");  # generate log
    $$telnet->open(Host=>$host);  
    $$telnet->login($username,$password);
}
..........
sub report_error
{
  my $thing = shift;
  print $thing;
  die;
}

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jcpunk

by the way thanks for all the help that was, is, and will be

In reply to Net::Telnet, Errmode problem by jcpunk

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