More complex, yet also more robust (in my opinion) is to use Log::Log4perl along with Log::Dispatch::Email::MailSender, which does the trick well in my production code. Here's an example of how it captures the die for logging; you'd configure for emailing elsewhere, and the docs explain how:

$SIG{__DIE__} = sub {
        $Log::Log4perl::caller_depth++;
        my $logger = get_logger("YOUR_LOGGER_HERE");
        $logger->fatal(@_);
        die @_; # Now terminate really
};

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This code is originally from the Log::Log4perl FAQ. The nice thing about using a logger, is that you can have it track "state"; sometimes simply having the dying error message isn't enough to track down an issue.

slight edit for clarification of email portion.

----Asim, known to some as Woodrow.

In reply to Re: Have script send email if it dies by Asim
in thread Have script send email if it dies by bennymack

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