Angus Laycock wrote: > > Hi, Hello,
> I want to print messages from a script to either > STDOUT or STDERR depending on a value of a variable. > I want to control where I send the print statements > to. Can I do something like this or are there other > ways to control the target I send my message to. I'm > hoping there are lots of other ways. > > if ($out) { $whereitsggoing = STDERR } else { $whereitsggoing = STDOUT } > > print $whereitsgoing "My message\n"; Here is one way to do it: print { $out ? STDERR : STDOUT } "My message\n"; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]