Re: Process output redirecting

You could also do:
script.pl >logfile.txt 2>&1

Which will redirect the standard and error output to the logfile. That's the simple and easy way. Not the best way though.

Or you can:

close(STDOUT);
close(STDERR);
open(STDOUT , ">logfile.txt") or die "Can't open logfile: $!\n";
# now anything that is printed will go to the logfile unless
# its given another filehandle. Just be sure to close the
# handle before the program exits.
...
# program end
close(STDOUT);
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Hope this answers your question.

BMaximus

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Re: Re: Process output redirecting by mr.nick (Chaplain) on Apr 23, 2001 at 04:38 UTC
I second BMaximus' suggestion of redirecting a standard filehandle like STDOUT to a log file. However, I would suggest you keep STDOUT open as-is, and redirect STDERR instead. That way normal program output (via print) behaves like it always does, but warn and die output to your log file.	[reply]
Re (tilly) 3: Process output redirecting by tilly (Archbishop) on Apr 23, 2001 at 06:54 UTC
Even better, use Tom Christiansen's implementation of Tie::Tee that he gives here... (There is also an IO::Tee, but it doesn't work like I would want. Yes, I am sending a bug report to the author.)	[reply]