>>>>> "Timothy" == Timothy Kimball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Timothy> As for always getting that weird error message from $!, I always
Timothy> get "Illegal seek" on my machine.
You should never look at $! unless immediately following a *failed*
system-related call. A successful call doesn't reset it to 0; and
there are system calls being executed for other operations that won't
show up for you. The Illegal Seek was most likely from one of those.
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