Dear Perl/Win32 Gurus, I have a Perl script which is triggered every minute (to check for something) to complete a complex task that some users would rather not perform themselves. Of course, they're having mysterious trouble that is not easily reproducible, so I would like to create a more extensive log and mail it to myself.
The Perl script appears as a basic command shell, fired off by the Scheduled Tasks part of Windows. Various technical commands come and go, with little bits to tell them how close they are to being done. I have to call upon assorted executables in this process, third-party executables for which I have no source code. I suspect either my users or the executables are causing the trouble, but I can't sit down there and watch my users, nor are they writing down any messages. Does a way exist to capture everything in that command shell window prior to exit? Right now, I'm just appending to a logging message, and adding things to it like the output from each and every "$shelloutput = qx/$shellcommand 2>&1/;" I fire off, but I suspect there's a smarter way that I have completely missed. Of course, I'd like to see STDERR as much as STDOUT. Thanks for your time, Ian _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Web mailing list Perl-Win32-Web@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
