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Redirect output to file in subdirectory
I have a problem with a perl script that should redirect output to a certain file in a certain directory. The problematic line is
system "echo teststring >$testdir\\log.txt";
This is running on Windows 2000.
Changing the line to just
system "echo teststring >log.txt";
works fine, but when a subdirectory is specified, the file is never created and I don't get any output at all.
system "echo teststring >$testdir\\log.txt";
This is running on Windows 2000.
Changing the line to just
system "echo teststring >log.txt";
works fine, but when a subdirectory is specified, the file is never created and I don't get any output at all.
ozo
what is in $testdir, and how was it set?
ASKER
Sorry, I should have said that from the beginning.
The value of $testdir doesn't seem to matter. Even if I do
system "echo teststring >Test\\log.txt";
I get the same error (no output, no file is created). In this case, Test is an existing subdirectory of the directory from where I call the perl script.
If I make the same call at a command prompt (echo teststring >Test\\log.txt) I get the desired result.
The value of $testdir doesn't seem to matter. Even if I do
system "echo teststring >Test\\log.txt";
I get the same error (no output, no file is created). In this case, Test is an existing subdirectory of the directory from where I call the perl script.
If I make the same call at a command prompt (echo teststring >Test\\log.txt) I get the desired result.
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Why not just do it in Perl, eg:
open LOG, ">Test/log.txt" or die "Can not write to Test/log.txt $!\n";
print LOG "teststring\n";
close LOG;