my @bob = `ncftpget ./truckerbuddy/ > $log_path_trucker_buddy/$logfilename 2>>&1`;
Should work. Cheers, John > -----Original Message----- > From: jason scott gessner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Capturing backtick output > > > Hi there. > > I am using a perl script to pull down some IIS logs so > webtrends can run > reports on them (I know that webtrends can do it, but that program has > more holes than....something holey. I hate it. Anyway....) > and I have > the following problem. > > The ncftpget program will print success messages to STDOUT and error > messages to STDERR. I want to send out an email summary to myself and > the other person responsible for these reports, but if I do this: > > $status .= `ncftpget ./truckerbuddy/ > $log_path_trucker_buddy/$logfilename 2>>&1`; > > I am only receiving error messages. > > Any help? I would ideally like to be able to have a variable that > catches the positive text and one that catches the negative > so I can sum > it up nicely in an email. > > Thanks! > > - jason scott gessner > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
