To clarify, I am looking for the best way to capture all output from an arbitrary command run on windows via Perl with the maximum amount of error handling. My understanding is that system coupled with output redirection is the best way to do this, but I'd happily stand corrected if there's a better way. Otherwise, is: 
system("foo > stdoutfile 2> stdoutfile");

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the best way to capture all output from the command foo? Are there any buffer issues by having to specify the file twice rather than the Unix technique of copying the descriptor with 2>&1?

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