or try this.... 
#!/usr/bin/perl


  # just make up a fake file here to create
  # and echo the filename of /tmp/foo
  $tabfile = "./tabfile";
  $logfile = "/tmp/foo";

  # send output to file
  @args2 = ("$tabfile");
  {
  local(*STDOUT);
  open (STDOUT, ">$logfile") || die "could not open log\n";
  unless (system(@args2) == 0) {
         print STDERR "system(@args2) failed: $? $!\n";
         return;
  }
  close(STDOUT);
  }
  print "foo1\n";
}

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That should temporarily store STDOUT away and when you leave the code block, return its original value... I believe... not tested

Update you could also use select, open log filehandle OUT say, instead of STDOUT, then do select OUT; all output will go to OUT instead of STDOUT until you do select STDOUT; to put it back...
                - Ant

In reply to Re: Help: STDOUT flaking out? by suaveant
in thread Help: STDOUT flaking out? by P0w3rK!d

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