Question

How do I ignore a die() that occurs in a Perl END block?

As it is now I get

END failed–call queue aborted

And the error bubbles up the calling script.

Answer 1

Put your end block inside an eval { .... } – this should prevent the behaviour you describe.

#!/usr/bin/perl

print("hi there!\n");

END {
    eval{
        print("goodbye\n");
        die("this can't hurt....");
    };

    #detect if an error occurred in the eval
    if ( $@ ){
        print ("an error occurred: $@\n");
    }
}