From: Robert Gleeson <rob@...>
Date: 2009-12-11T17:09:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Redirecting standard output


> Yup, you can use IO#reopen too. I don't know about being "deprecated".
> 
> $stdout.reopen will also redirect STDOUT to the location referenced in 
> your call to #reopen. How can you redirect $stdout to its original 
> location now?
> 
> The above solution ensures you can easily switch back.

Answer to my own question:

FOO_BAR = STDOUT.dup
$stdout.reopen '/foo/bar/baz', 'w'
puts 'foobar'
$stdout.reopen FOO_BAR

This method might be more useful if you want to redirect both $stdout, 
and STDOUT.

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