Philip Potter <philip.g.pot...@gmail.com> writes: [...]
> No, generally you should always use 3 arg open. Perl Best Practices > item #128 discusses this issue if you can beg borrow or steal a copy. > [...] Harry wrote: >> I can't really visualize what would happen there... wouldn't the open >> just fail? Further do we need to prepare for a vastly ridiculous file >> name? Phillip P responded: > perhaps spelling things out more explicitly would help. If you write [...] Big thanks for the snipped and welcome details. Brandon McCaig <bamcc...@gmail.com> writes: [...] > You can get an explanation from `perldoc -f open'. > > The syntax maps for the two versions look like this: > > open FILEHANDLE,EXPR > open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR > > To summarize the relevant parts (based on reading it just now, not > experience), open allows you to either open a file, or pipe input or > output to or from a command. If you don't know what the means, refer > to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_%28Unix%29. [...] Again, a big thank you for the (snipped) welcome details. I think that gives me a much better understanding. And a better appreciation of concerns involving `evilhacker'. All the perl progs I've written are for use on my own single user home lan, so I have trouble keeping a broader context in mind. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
