Difference between STDERR and STDOUT

japhy — Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:04:53 +0000

The die() and warn() functions print their messages to STDERR, not STDOUT. And in a CGI program, STDERR is connected to the server's error log, and STDOUT is connected to the browser.

Use the CGI::Carp module:

use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser';
# guess what that does...
 
die "oh no, Mr. Bill!";
# that gets sent to the error log AND the browser

Vorm — Sat, 23 Dec 2000 05:50:51 +0000

Well, I tried it without the "<" to still no avail. *sigh*

i dunno, what's your problem?

Suzanne — Sat, 23 Dec 2000 05:17:29 +0000

Which reminds me of the dated "what's your damage?", lol...

open (HEH, "nofile.html") or die "\n\n\n Oh no! We are missing the most important file! nofile.html! \n\n\n";

I am a little melodramatic in my coding, yes.

Perhaps it can't find "