elsewhere I learned that putting a BEGIN block in my script 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

BEGIN {
  $0 =~ /^(.*)\\([^\\]*)\.pl$/;
  our ($path, $script_name) = ($1, $2);
  open(STDERR, ">>$path/$script_name.err") or die "invisible error";
  warn "$0 started ".localtime().$/;
}

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prints out to the file ?.err any errors or warnings that the script migh encounter during compile time.

My question is -- is there a way to implement a corresponding FINISH block (as opposed to __END__) which will trap any errors in case the script comes to a dead halt?

Now, I can use the die statement whenever something goes wrong, but that can't really trap things like Control-breaks or control-c etc. How do I trap SIGTERM so that the reason for SIGTERM is written out to ?.err as well?

Update: I should mention -- I need to do this on Windows.

Considered by dragonchild - Retitle to "How do I trap signals on Win32"
Unconsidered by castaway - Keep/Edit/Delete: 8/19/0 - Its fine as is, no putting words in the OPs mouth

In reply to Implementing the counterpart of BEGIN by punkish

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