[Tutor] Telnetlib

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> > > default to sys.stdout. Is there a way to redirect to a 
> file? I can't find this in the documentation. Perl's Telnet module 
> allows to do this

If you are on *nix you can use the normal shell 
redirection when you invoke the script:

Bash/Ksh:

$ python myscript.py 2> errors.txt

[t]csh is a tad more difficult - ie I can't remember ;-)

However if you want to do it in a more consistent/controllable 
manner Danny's advice aboput changing sys.stderr is probably 
the way to go.

> Yes, there's a way of redirecting standard error.  One way is to
> temporarily set 'sys.stderr' out to another file, like this:

Alan G.