On 10/2/07, Beginner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > > > $| = 1; > > I wasn't aware this only applied to STDOUT. My log messages all > appear at once, when the script has exited and I was hoping for some > 'realtime' messages. snip
It applies to stdout because it is the currently selected filehandle. If you wish for $log to have autoflushing behavior you can either select it my $old = select $log; $| = 0; select $old; or you can use IO::Handle and then use the autoflush method: $log->autoflush; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
