in reply to STDOUT and daemon processes

Could this be a buffering thing? STDOUT by default is buffered while STDERR is not. Try turning on autoflush:
$|=1;

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(jeffa) Re: Re: STDOUT and daemon processes
by jeffa (Bishop) on Jan 04, 2001 at 03:09 UTC
    Doh! I knew it was something simple. Thanks!

    /me chants mantra over and over:
    'SDTERR is by default unbuffered, the others are not . . .'

    Jeff

    L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
    -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
    F--F--F--F--F--F--F--F--
    (the triplet paradiddle)