> Sure, just use this without an open or close statement... > > print VOID 'test'; >
Cool, great for the test! > I'm not exactly sure how Perl handles this, but since there > is no filehandle called VOID is just goes away. > Struct is ok with that but warnings is not. > I wouldn't leave this in there when it goes into production, > but it shouldn't cause any problems during testing. > I need a way do a print statemnet and not have it displayed even once it is production. Any ideas anyone? Thanks Rob! > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 5:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FILEHANDLE to print to nothing > > > Howdy, > > I am benchmarking some stuff that does multiple print staements. > > What I'd like to do is print to a file handel so ethat the > stuff I'm printing doesn't go to the screen. > > Ie instead of print "stuff"; > print BITBUCKET "stuff"; > > That way the output of the benchmark test won't be screwy on > the terminal or cause 500 errors if someone runs this test > before an html header gets printed. > > Any ideas of how to create a filehandle to the void? > > open(VOID,''); > print VOID 'test'; > close VOID; > > TIA > > Dan > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
