On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Todd Lewis wrote: > If your [unspecified object, possibly "script"] [is] writing > something[comma] I think you can output your die statement into a "log > file" using print [logfile] "Whatever message you want\n". You can > also at certain points in your program output information on the > status of your program. It helps in debugging your program. > > If it is a long[ ]running process you can always open the logfile and > see where you are.
Right, but none of this explains where "log()" came from. It may be a method provided by some module he's using; it may be legacy code that he's maintaining; it may be nothing at all. We don't know. But yeah, if starting from scratch, the outline above will help. -- Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
