From: El Gato <wmwilson01@...>
Date: 2006-12-01T12:24:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby equivalent to "exec > $logfile 2>&1" in sh script?

Phil Rhoades wrote:
> People,
> 
> I quite frequently have something like:
> 
>   exec > $logfile 2>&1
> 
> at the top of my shell scripts to output everything that follows 
> (including
> errors) into a log file - is there some way of doing the equivalent in a 
> Ruby
> script?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil.

This seems to work:

outfile = File.open("output.txt", "w")
$stdout.reopen outfile
$stderr.reopen outfile

puts "hello world!"
system("dir no_exist")



=== output.txt ===

hello world!
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 7874-56C8

 Directory of C:\
File Not Found

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