[CMI.PM] block STDERR from a CPAN module implemented in C?

[Milt Epstein]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Brandon Bowersox wrote:

> Since we've had such lively support lately...
>
> How can I trap or block STDERR output from the XML::GDOME module
> which is an XS module that uses a C implementation?
>
> Pretend Solution #1------------------------------------------
> close STDERR;
> XML::GDOME->foo; #call that generates STDERR
>
> Pretend Solution #2------------------------------------------
> local *STDERR;
> open (STDERR, ">".File::Spec->devnull());
> XML::GDOME->foo; #call that generates STDERR
>
> #1 works but stops me from getting any of the helpful output from any
> part of my program below.  #2 does not work because the XML::GDOME
> calls are in a different scope where "local *STDERR" no longer
> applies.
[ ... ]

Did you try it without the "local *STDERR"?  (You can save and restore
it before and after as needed -- there's an example on the perlfunc
man page.)

Milt Epstein
Research Programmer
Integration and Software Engineering (ISE)
Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
mepstein at uiuc.edu