my random mp3 script works with strict and warnings (yeah!). now, i want to do a second task with it, which is additionally write the data of $inc to a file, named mp3.inc. Here's what i have. i can't find the reference to doing this. even the correct perldoc pointer would be wonderful.
#/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @mp3 = glob("/www/mp3/*.mp3"); foreach my $mp3 (@mp3){ $mp3 =~ s#/www/mp3##; $mp3 =~ s/ /%20/g; } srand; my $inc = "http://www.quantifier.org/mp3" . "$mp3[rand(@mp3)] \n"; print "$inc"; open(MP3 ">/home/ken/public_html/rt/mp3.inc") || die "Sorry, couldn't do that \n"; # # this is where i'm stuck, how to write/print $inc into mp3.inc # close(MP3) || die "couldn't close \n"; ####### 1. how do i write the contents of a scalar variable directly to a file? 2. for future scripts, are there areas where i can be more efficient? ken _____________________________________ http://quantifier.org GnuPG: 7C828670 <Addi> Alter.net seems to have replaced one of its router with a zucchini. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]