timestamp in STDERR output

[David Cantrell]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 04:45:08PM +0200, Thomas Busch wrote:
> David Cantrell wrote:
> > sub timestamper {
> >     local *STDERR;
> >     untie *STDERR;
> >     print time().': '.$_[0];
> > }
> many thanks. That's exactly what I wanted. I owe you a beer.

Of course, what you *really* wanted would have said:

    print STDERR time()....

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