On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 00:52, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have a c program that I want to just run from perl and capture output > > I would have thought > > my $c_output = `/tmp/c_program`; > > would get me the output of the program. > > instead it prints out to the screen. > > Is there way to redirect STOUT just for that line and put it back to normal?
Take a closer look at your c program. Backticks do indeed grab stdout, so it must be writing to stderr (or worse yet the console). Try my $c_output = `/tmp/c_program 2>&1`; -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
