This sounds pretty much what I want to do. I'd like to have a copy of the original "STDOUT" file handle to refer to, while I do a 'tie' on the original. I've got the tie part working, and I attempted to do a copy with 
open (TagPrint::THELOG, ">&STDOUT") or die "dup: $!";

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And this works quite well, BUT (repeat after me Windoze is evil!) the new file handle isn't STDOUT, and redirecting STDOUT doesn't work. How does one save "*STDOUT", which is a symbol table reference, in another variable. I can't say 
THELOG = STDOUT;

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then refer to 'THELOG' as if it were the original STDOUT at the point where I did the assignment. This would be "logical", but I can see it being difficult, as STDOUT is a "special" thing. It all seemed so easy. Just add a few lines to a program and it would take care of the magic. Alas, it is a bit more.

In reply to Re^2: Un "tie"ing a "tie" by herby1620
in thread Un "tie"ing a "tie" by herby1620

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