Thanks for your help ...
Actually, I am running these on WNT.
The scripts work fine on unix (after putting in the #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
line).
But do not work correctly on WNT.
b.pl is working fine.
If I do not use a log file, then the output as shown on the screen is ok.
It is only when I use a log file that the output of b.pl is "lost".
I could find a workaround :
If I call b.pl using system("perl b.pl") then things work fine.
But I do not know why I have to invoke b.pl with perl ....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Showalter [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:50 PM
> To: 'Gupta, Ashish'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: system() and STDOUT & STDERR
>
>
> Are you sure b.pl is running correctly? You aren't checking the return
> value
> of system().
>
> Your scripts as posted do not have the #!/usr/bin/perl line, so
> system("b.pl")
> will be passed to the unix shell and not to perl.
>
> Your example works fine for me, as long as I put the #!/usr/bin/perl lines
> at the top. I get the following output in the log file:
>
> a.pl :: Starting ...
> CommandLine : -logfile test
> calling b.pl ...
>
> ./b.pl :: Starting ...
> CommandLine :
> ./b.pl :: Finished ...
> a.pl :: Finished ...
>
>
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