Error Output

geckosan has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Struggling with this one.. How on earth can I combine CGI::Carp qw(fatalstobrowser cluck set_message etc.) and like maybe $SIG{ __DIE__ } and such to have fatal errors caught and printed to the browser window WITH a complete stack trace?

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Re: Error Output by kennethk (Abbot) on Jan 21, 2009 at 20:56 UTC
You can generate a fatal error with full stack trace with `confess`, and then have that message sent to browser using `CGI::Carp qw(fatalstobrowser)`. It's all in CGI::Carp.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Error Output by geckosan (Sexton) on Jan 21, 2009 at 21:10 UTC
ah you pointed me in the right direction. $SIG{ __DIE__ } = sub { confess( @_ ) }; with fatalstobrowser did the trick, thanks mighty monks. for some reason that particular combination was eluding me. o_o	[reply]
Re^2: Error Output by geckosan (Sexton) on Jan 21, 2009 at 21:06 UTC
I'm not generating the error, it's coming up in the code.	[reply]
Re^3: Error Output by kennethk (Abbot) on Jan 21, 2009 at 21:10 UTC
If your code is calling `die`, then `$SIG{__DIE__}=\&{cluck @_};` along with `CGI::Carp qw(fatalstobrowser)` should do you.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Error Output by geckosan (Sexton) on Jan 21, 2009 at 21:11 UTC
Re: Error Output by leocharre (Priest) on Jan 21, 2009 at 20:55 UTC
Is there any chance using tail -f to the httpd error log would help with your needs?	[reply]