open STDIN, '/dev/null' || die "Can't open /dev/null: $!";
    open (OUT,">>$logfile") || die "Can't open logfile $logfile: $!";
    open (ERR,">>$errlogfile") || die "Can't open logfile $errlogfile: $!";
    *STDOUT = *OUT; #redirect STDOUT
    *STDERR = *ERR; #redirect STDERR