--- Michael Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 10:28:14AM -0700, Paul wrote:
> >
> > --- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- Bob Mangold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > exec(' myperl.pl 2>&1 ' ) ?
> > > >
> > > > ok, this works, but what the heck is it doing. i've never seen
> that
> > > > syntax.
> > >
> > > lol -- it's not perl.
> >
> > Okay, so it is Perl, but it's copied from the shell, lol....
> > I phrased that badly. ;o]
>
> Nope, you had it right the first time; 2>&1 is not evaluated by Perl,
> it's evaluated by the underlying shell that Perl executes to
implement
> the string form of exec.
I know. But perl does let you dup a handle with
open THIS, ">&THAT"
Which is the same sort of syntax.
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