in reply to Redirecting output

Error solved. The directory $outpath was not being created but was created later in my code, so STDERR did not always get redirected. STDOUT was then not redirected because STDERR is now a closed file handle.

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Re^2: Redirecting output
by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Jul 18, 2007 at 23:07 UTC
    And that just goes to show the value of checking open for errors...

    open ... or die "couldn't open XYZ: $!";

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