Ive got a problem with an existing script that makes a system() call, and redirects to a file, like this
system("somecmd -args >outfile");

this works fine, but now I need the script to read a filename from <STDIN>, so I tried doing somethng like this:

$filename = <STDIN>;
...which also works fine.

The problem is that now that I started using/making references to <STDIN>, it seems to have broken the redirection within the system() call.
Now, output that *should* be going to ">outfile" is actually being printed/redirected to the screen. So, somehow by simply accessing/touching <STDIN>, it threw off STDOUT for the entire script, including STDOUT for any system() calls.

I dont have permission to make changes to the system() calls, I can only change the the way that I read from STDIN...
So, how can I avoid this issue with "breaking" STDOUT for the system calls while still being able to read from STDIN??? please help...

In reply to problem with system(), stdin, and stdout by romero619

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