Redirecting error output to a File

[briggs]

hi,
I have a script as below

test.pl
system("ls test.pl>output" ), this will write the result to a file output.However if the command fails it throws the error on the screen. How can we redirect the error to a file. I need to redirect both success & failure log in a file

[Linux ~]$ perl test.pl
ls: est.pl: No such file or directory
[Linux~]$

Any help or pointers will be helpful.

Thanks

[RonB]

Input/Output Redirection

http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/01/inputoutput-redirection-made-simple-in.html

[kiruthikaU]

system("ls output >out 2>err");

Here 2 represents STDERR.

[numberwhun]

Allow me to also put in my .02. When asking a question in a coding forum, it really helps if you paste the code you are using in code tags so that those trying to help you aren't guessing at what "might" be wrong.

Looking at the output you posted, it says "est.pl.... .". That tells me you have typo's that need fixing.

Regards,

Jeff

[briggs]

system("dir test.pl >>output.txt");
system("dir t.pl >>output.txt 2>>output.txt");

Iam running a system command and need to pass both error and success to same log file. Here system command is in a loop with different commands,. I tried as above but still not working.

[numberwhun]

First, I fixed your code tags. They are like HTML, you open the tag, then put what you want inside them, then you close them. You put two open/close sets, one before and one after, which does absolutely nothing.

As for your issue, you were almost correct. Try this:

system("dir t.pl >>output.txt 2>output.txt");

You want to redirect the output of standard error (2) to the same as standard out (>> output.txt). You should just use one '>' instead of the append (>>).

See if that works for you.

Regards,

Jeff