Re: use 'select' to change default output handle for entire script

Is there any reason to believe select doesn't do all of that?

$ cat > script.pl
print('!', $/);
select(STDERR);
sub test { print('@', $/); }
test();
^D
$ perl script.pl 2>stderr
!
$ cat stderr
@
$
[download]

Are you worried that someone will select something else?

Comment on Re: use 'select' to change default output handle for entire script Select or Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: use 'select' to change default output handle for entire script by richz (Beadle) on Nov 23, 2004 at 19:03 UTC
No, i had reason to believe select doesn't do that but it was my fault...I was launching the scripts from a Win32 app and CreateProcess() wasn't using the one in my PATH beucase of the search order blah blah. Bottom line, you're right and select does all of what I wanted.	[reply]