On Tue, 02 Nov 1999 23:41:27 +0100, Raphael Manfredi wrote: > 1 open(STDERR, '>std.err'); > 2 warn "test #1"; > 3 close STDERR; > 4 open(STDERR, '>std2.err'); > 5 warn "test #2"; > 6 die "fatal"; > 7 close STDERR; > >when ran produces two files: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 ram users 23 Nov 2 23:30 std.err > -rw-r--r-- 1 ram users 0 Nov 2 23:30 std2.err > >The first contains > > 1 test #1 at bug line 2. > >as expected. The second one is empty! FYI, not so in 5.005_62. Sarathy gsar@ActiveState.com