Re^2: Suppressing console output

The faster/easier way to do that is:

{
  local *STDOUT;
  open STDOUT, '>/dev/null';
  # do stuff that may print out.
}
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Note also that you're creating $mySTDOUT and $oldSTDOUT and not actually using them anywhere. $mySTDOUT is not the same thing as *mySTDOUT!

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Re^3: Suppressing console output by Lunchy (Sexton) on Sep 16, 2005 at 20:02 UTC
I knew that $mySTDOUT isnt' the same as mySTDOUT, but I thought I needed to create something with a 'mySTDOUT' name to keep strict from barking about mySTDOUT, but it turns it I didn't need to. :) As far as not using oldSTDOUT. You'll note I mentioned that he could use oldSTDOUT to restore STDOUT to normal later on if he wanted to. Perhaps there's another way to do this, but if so I don't know what it is. :) By the way, I DO like your solution and will try to remember it for the next time I need to do this, however, it does assume one is on an OS that has a /dev/null. :) Cheers! -Lunchy	[reply]

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Re^3: Suppressing console output
by Lunchy (Sexton) on Sep 16, 2005 at 20:02 UTC

As far as not using *oldSTDOUT. You'll note I mentioned that he could use *oldSTDOUT to restore STDOUT to normal later on if he wanted to. Perhaps there's another way to do this, but if so I don't know what it is. :)

By the way, I DO like your solution and will try to remember it for the next time I need to do this, however, it does assume one is on an OS that has a /dev/null. :)

Cheers!

-Lunchy

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