how to redirect verbose to file?

[Anne Moore]

HI All,
 
I'm struggling with this problem. I have a cron job that runs down a list of
files being backed up. It's called "bp_backupme.pl". As it's backing up, (in
verbose -v mode), it outputs a list of files being backed up. 
 
Does anyone know how I would redirect that files output into a file? (I
tried the >> filename.xt or >filename.txt, but it doesn't work.)
 
The script runs like this: /opt/bp_backupme.pl -v 
 
I tried the: /opt/bp_backupme.pl -v  > filename.txt 
 
But, it just errors out. If I just run the script normally, everything runs
smoothly and it lists the files on the screen.
 
Any idea how to grab that file list into a file?
 
Thank you!
 
Anne