Error handling question 1

[rpack78]

How do I log perl errors to a file of my choice when my perl script dies. For example, I am passing a date to the DateCalc method in Date::Manip. If I pass an invalid date, the script dies. If I run it on the command line, I see the error:

ERROR: Invalid year (928)
at C:/Perl/site/lib/Date/Manip.pm line 5507
Date::Manip:ate_FixYear(928) called at C:/Perl/site/lib/Date/Manip.pm
line 3350...

But I want to view this error later on using a web browser and need to know how to log it. Also I am not running this manually on the command line, it is running from cron. Any help would be appreciated!

Ryan

 

[TonyGroves]

You could redirect error output to a file:
[tt]
perlscript.pl 2>logfile
[/tt]

 

[KevinADC]

if you just need to see the error, add this line to your CGI script:

use Carp::CGI 'fatalsToBrowser';

fatal error will be printed to the browser.

 

[KevinADC]

Sorry, I missed the cron part somehow so my reply is really not relevant. Tony hooked you up though.

 

[rpack78]

Thanks Tony, that is what I was looking for. But now I have a new problem. I was doing this:

perlscript.pl >logfile

because I am logging everything that is printed in the script. If I do this:

perlscript.pl 2>logfile

I no longer log that stuff but I do trap the errors. Is there a way to log both?

 

[TonyGroves]

To produce separate logs, you could do:
[tt]
perlscript.pl >logfile 2>errorfile
[/tt]
or to log everything in the one file:
[tt]
perlscript.pl >logfile 2>&1
[/tt]

 

[rpack78]

Perfect, thanks!