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