Well, a quick solution would be IO::Tee. This should be nearly a drop-in replacement. A more comprehensive solution would be Log::Log4perl.

I have no way to test this tonight, mayhapse another monk will correct me if wrong, but to assign an IO::Tee to, say, STDOUT would be done something like this:

local *STDOUT = new IO::Tee(\*STDOUT, '>file.txt');

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UPDATE: No, after looking at that, I don't think that will work. This is more likely too, but there is probably a shorter way:

open STDOUT, '>&', new IO::Tee(\*STDOUT, '>file.txt');

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With this method, you can do silly things like:

# Append
open STDOUT, '>>&', new IO::Tee(\*STDOUT, '>file.txt');

# Save the extra file descriptor
open STDOUT, '>&=', new IO::Tee(\*STDOUT, '>file.txt');
open STDOUT, '>>&=', new IO::Tee(\*STDOUT, '>file.txt');

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See open for more details.

Ted Young

($$<<$$=>$$<=>$$<=$$>>$$) always returns 1. :-)

In reply to Re: Porting Perl 5.6 to Perl 5.8 issue with self-tie by TedYoung
in thread Porting Perl 5.6 to Perl 5.8 issue with self-tie by fwashbur

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