intertwingled wrote: > On most *nix shells, I can use 2>&1 to redirect > standard error to standard output, and thus capture > it when I do a `` or open(BLAH, "blah 2>&1 |"), but > 2>&1 doesn't work under DOS. Anyone know of > another trick to easily capture standard error output, > without saving it to a temp file?
Do it in the calling script before issuing the system call, pipe or `` call. You can save the previous state and restore it if necessary. See open in perlfunc man page. -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert ICQ=14439852 (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (Free site for Perl) -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
