This works for me: 
sub create_logfile
{
    my (
        $logfile,   # final logfile name
        $filename,  # filename sans extension
        $filext,    # filename extension
        $filedir    # dir for logfile
        );

    # Get filename components
    ($filename, $filedir, $filext) = fileparse($0, '\..*');

    # Create filename
    $logfile = "${filedir}log/$filename.log";

    # Redirect STDOUT & STDERR to named logfile
    open( STDOUT, ">$logfile") or
                        die "\nUnable to open logfile $logfile: $!\n";
    open( STDERR, ">>&STDOUT");

    # Set autoflush on
    select (STDERR); $| = 1;
    select (STDOUT); $| = 1;
}

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I set autoflush on so the last msg before it crashes actually reaches the disk file instead of being buffered in mem and possibly not reaching the file.
paranoid logging...

Cheers
Chris

In reply to Re: how to send both STDOUT and STERR to the same file by chrism01
in thread how to send both STDOUT and STERR to the same file by Anonymous Monk

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