> there are at least a couple of ways of doing that: > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use strict; > > BEGIN{ > use subs qw(Carp::die); > use vars qw($e); > sub Carp::die{ $e = "Carp::die: @_" } > } > > use Carp; > > croak "croaking"; > > print "after croak \$e is: $e"; > > __END__ > > prints: > > after croak $e is: Carp::die: croaking at x.pl line 10 > > another way to accomplish the same thing: > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use strict; > > BEGIN{ > > our $e; > > *CORE::GLOBAL::die = sub{ > $e = "CORE:GLOBAL::die => @_"; > }; > } > > use Carp; > > use vars qw($e); > > croak "croaking"; > > print "after croak \$e is: $e"; > > __END__ > > prints: > > after croak $e is: CORE:GLOBAL::die => croaking at x.pl line 10 > > i don't have time to check out the source of Carp.pm but if > you do, i would > suggest you go take a look as there might be a better > solution to it. out > of the 2 methods i described, the second one is more natural, imo.
Thanks that helped out abunch I believe it has me up and running! I use the Carp::die so I won't effect any real die()s just the croak()s Thanks again! Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>