unlink 'test.errors';

redirect_error( output_file => 'test.errors' ); # sets $redirected{error_messages} to 1

dies_ok { lcroak "this is a sample error file" };

ok( -T 'test.errors',
    "lcroak opens the error file specified by redirect_error()." );

my $text = `cat test.errors`;
like( $text , qr/this is a sample error file/,
    "lcroak writes to the error file specified by redirect_error()." );

unlink 'test.errors';


##</code><code>##

#   Failed test 'lcroak writes to the error file specified by redirect_error().'
t/lcroak....NOK 4#   in t/lcroak.t at line 25.
#                   ''
#     doesn't match '(?-xism:this is a sample error file)'
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 4.

##</code><code>##

{
local $@;
eval {
    lcroak "this is a sample error file";
};
ok($@, "lcroak terminates");
}