I am trying to redirect all of the output of the script to /dev/tty9. Below is the script, and currently what happens is the script runs in the current terminal and writes 0s to the /dev/tty9 console. I'd like to get the color and everything outputted to that screen. Any help would be appreciated...


Main script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Net::Ping;                                                        
+  # Module to check a remote host for reachability
use Curses;                                                           
+  # Module to allow the use of system's curses

$data_file="nms.systems2";                                            
+  # File which holds network node data
open(DAT, $data_file) || die("COULD NOT OPEN SYSTEMS FILE: $!");
@raw_data=<DAT>;                                                      
+  # Array for holding node data
close(DAT);

$screen="/dev/tty9";
open(SAVEOUT, ">&STDOUT") || die("COULD NOT DUP STDOUT: $!");
open(STDOUT, ">", $screen) || die("COULD NOT REOPEN STDOUT ON $screen:
+ $!");    # Redirects standard output to $screen

initscr();                                                            
+  # Show header
start_color();
init_pair(1, COLOR_CYAN, COLOR_BLACK);
attron(COLOR_PAIR(1));
addstr(1, ($COLS -19) / 2, "Connectivity Status");

$y=0;                                                                 
+  # Center line to split sides (comment out if not needed)
while ($y != 20) {
  addstr(3+$y, 40, "|");
  $y++;
}

attroff(COLOR_PAIR(1));
raw();
refresh();

foreach $system (@raw_data)
{
  chop($system);
  ($ipaddr,$identity,$row,$col)=split(/\|/,$system);

  $p=Net::Ping->new("icmp");
  if ($p->ping($ipaddr,1)) {
    start_color();
    init_pair(2, COLOR_GREEN, COLOR_BLACK);                           
+  # If system is up, show output as green
    attron(COLOR_PAIR(2));
    addstr($row, $col, "$identity");                                  
+  # Output information to specific location
    addstr($row+1, $col, "   UP");
    attroff(COLOR_PAIR(2));
  } else {
    start_color();
    init_pair(3, COLOR_RED, COLOR_BLACK);                             
+  # If system is down, show output as red
    attron(COLOR_PAIR(3));
    addstr($row, $col, "$identity");                                  
+  # Output information to specific location
    addstr($row+1, $col, "  DOWN");
    attroff(COLOR_PAIR(3));
  }

  refresh();

}

endwin();

close(SAVEOUT);
close(STDOUT);
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nms.systems2 file:

127.0.0.1|gateway1|3|18
127.0.0.1|gateway2|3|54
127.0.0.1|system01|6|6
127.0.0.1|system02|6|18
127.0.0.1|system03|6|30
127.0.0.1|system11|6|42
127.0.0.1|system12|6|54
127.0.0.1|system13|6|66
127.0.0.1|system04|9|6
127.0.0.1|system05|9|18
127.0.0.1|system06|9|30
127.0.0.1|system14|9|42
127.0.0.1|system15|9|54
127.0.0.1|system16|9|66
127.0.0.1|system07|12|6
127.0.0.1|system08|12|18
127.0.0.1|system09|12|30
127.0.0.1|system17|12|42
127.0.0.1|system18|12|54
127.0.0.1|system19|12|66
127.0.0.1|system10|15|6
127.0.0.1|system20|15|42
127.0.0.1|system21|15|54
127.0.0.1|system22|15|66
127.0.0.1|system23|18|42
127.0.0.1|system24|18|54
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