STDOUT and a PAR --gui executable

[crabbdean]

I've created a program that accepts commandline paramaters at runtime. One of these is to create a log file, another is to set verbose mode so that output is put to STDOUT instead of the logfile. Another flag "--help" outputs help to the STDOUT. 'print' statements are to the filehandle LOGFILE that I duplicate to STDOUT if the verbose flag is set. (see code below).

As a perl .pl this all works fine.

I then compile this script into a PAR archive executable using the --gui option so that there is no console when running the executable (I need it like this because I don't want a console). Now I know that with the --gui option it doesn't create a console, but I thought when running it from a command line you'd still get the output to STDOUT (and I do need this STDOUT functionality)

So I'm guessing two possible causes:
1. PAR --gui suppresses STDOUT completely.
2. OR, I've opened the duplicate filehandle to STDOUT incorrectly (although it does work as a .pl and when simply PAR'ed (without --gui) but not when compiled as PAR --gui

If No. 1 is true, then I need to find out how to suppress the console from a perl EXE and still get STDOUT if run from a command line. Anybody know how to do this or what's going on?

if ($createlog || $logfile) {
    $verbose = 1;
    ## if createlog specified but no logfile name given then
    ## create default logfile name
    if (!$logfile) {
        $logfile = "./logs/ZIPsync_$day.log";
        
        ## Make Logs folder
        eval { mkpath("./logs") };
        
        if (-e $logfile && (time - (stat $logfile)->mtime) > 86400) { 
+ 
            unlink $logfile;
            open (LOGFILE, ">$logfile")
                or dying($!);
        } else {
            open (LOGFILE, ">>$logfile")
                or dying($!);
        }
    } else {
        open (LOGFILE, ">$logfile")
                or dying($!);
    }
}

## output to STDOUT if $verbose mode seleted but no output log
if ($verbose && !$createlog && !$logfile) {
    open (LOGFILE, ">&1")
            or dying($!);
}