- From: Harold A. Driscoll <harold@driscoll.chi.il.us>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 19:24:21 -0500
- To: "Bjoern Hoehrmann" <hoermi@arcormail.de>
- Cc: <www-validator@w3.org>
At 14:51 11-05-99 , Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: >IIRC Win9x does not support piping STDERR to a file >(NT does -> posix support) so the line Yep! Among other things. >open( CHECKER, "| $command - >$temp.esis 2>$temp" ) > || die "couldn't open checker: $!"; > >becomes > >open( CHECKER, "| $command - >$temp.esis" ) > || die "couldn't open checker: $!"; > >This will offer more compatibility th the main script. Quite to the contrary... unless I'm missing something, the error output will no longer go to the correct place (STDERR). I can understand why you might need to use such a hack for the Redmond Kid's operating system wannabees, but would think it much better to make it via a test and hack code, rather than break it for other platforms. Safe computing, /Harold -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Harold A. Driscoll mailto:harold@driscoll.chi.il.us #include <std/disclaimer> http://homepage.interaccess.com/~driscoll/
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