> -----Original Message----- > From: Sugumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Redirecting Output > > > Hi, > > I'm trying this command from my perl program system ( > "perldoc perldsc > > tmp.txt"). I don't see the output going to the file tmp.txt; > instead it > shows the output > in the screen.How could I get the output in some text file.
I assume you're doing this on Windows, since what you've shown should work fine on Unix. Try this: system("perl -S perldoc -t perldsc >tmp.txt"); perldoc is actually a .bat file on Windows, and batch files don't seem to handle redirection properly on certain versions of Windows. HTH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]