no... Open2 opens 2 filehandles for a command.

this:
open2(*READ, *ZIPIT, "/apps/bin/zip $FORM{'zipfile'} -@ 2>&1");
opens a filehandle READ that the command reads from AND
opens a filehandle ZIPIT that the command outputs from 

at a command prompt this is what it means:

cat | /apps/bin/zip somefile.zip -@ 2>&1 | more;
    ^                                    ^
   READ                                ZIPIT

That's where the file handles are.
Don't know what your command is for or what exactly you are trying to pass
but here is my guess:

You really just want to pipe the open to output only:

open(OUTFILE, ">output.file") || die "Can't open for write: $!";
open(COMMAND, "bunzip2 -c $ParseFile | discretise $delta $BOD $EOD |") or
die "Cann't execute: $!";
while(<COMMAND>){
        print OUTPUT;
        }
close COMMAND;
close OUTFILE;



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tirthankar C. Patnaik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:00 PM
> To: Nikola Janceski
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Input | Program | Output : help 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > did you try reading the docs? You didn't even try to use my example.
> 
> I did try. I could not understand your example. Let me explain: 
> 
> 
> > > > open2(*READ, *ZIPIT, "/apps/bin/zip $FORM{'zipfile'} -@ 2>&1");
> > > > READ is the input pipe
> > > > ZIPIT is the output pipe
> 
> Here, are *READ, and *ZIPIT, already open, using open statements? 
> 
> e.g., 
>     open(*READ,"<$ParseFile") || die "$!"; 
>     open(*ZIPIT,"| discretise 15 35700 55800 > ${OutFile}") 
> || die "$!"; 
> 
>     open2(\*READ,\*ZIPIT); 
> 
>  I tried this, and it didn't work. I am confused. Sorry, but please
>  explain. A working complete example would be great. 
> 
> TIA, 
> 
> -tir
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > perldoc IPC::Open2
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tirthankar C. Patnaik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 1:52 PM
> > > To: Nikola Janceski
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: Input | Program | Output : help 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm afraid I couldn't succeed in using the IPC::Open2 module. 
> > > Where am I
> > > going wrong? 
> > > 
> > > #     }
> > >     my($IN,$OUT);
> > >     open(OUT,"| discretise ${delta} ${BOD} ${EOD}") || die 
> > > "Sorry out: $!";
> > > 
> > >     if($suffix eq ".par"){
> > >     open(IN,"<$ParseFile") || die "Sorry: $!";
> > >         open2('IN','OUT');
> > >     }
> > > 
> > > Could you please explain the code, in more detail? 
> > > 
> > > TIA, 
> > > -tir
> > > 
> > > 
> > > }
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Nikola Janceski wrote:
> > > 
> > > > You might want to look at IPC::Open2
> > > > 
> > > > You can open a system command with an INPUT pipe and 
> OUTPUT pipe.
> > > > 
> > > > Here is how I used it.
> > > > 
> > > > open2(*READ, *ZIPIT, "/apps/bin/zip $FORM{'zipfile'} -@ 2>&1");
> > > > READ is the input pipe
> > > > ZIPIT is the output pipe
> > > > 
> > > > Perl Gurus, Yeah I should have used the ZIP module.. I am 
> > > too lazy to change
> > > > it now.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Tirthankar C. Patnaik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 1:04 PM
> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Subject: Input | Program | Output : help 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Folks, 
> > > > >     Consider this code snippet: 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Here $ParseFile is a plain-text file, which could be gzipped, 
> > > > > bzipped, or
> > > > > not compressed at all. I'd like my program to determine 
> > > this, open the
> > > > > file, and cat it to another program called discretise. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > In the code below, 
> > > > > 
> > > > > my(@PARSELIST) = @ARGV;         #  This would be the 
> .par files.
> > > > > my($ParseFile);
> > > > > for $ParseFile (@PARSELIST){
> > > > >     chomp $ParseFile;
> > > > >     my($date,$name,$suffix) = &FileTest($ParseFile);  # uses 
> > > > > File::Basename 
> > > > >     if($suffix eq ".bz2"){
> > > > >         system("bunzip2 -c $ParseFile | discretise $delta 
> > > > > $BOD $EOD > ${OUTFILE}");
> > > > >     }elsif($suffix eq ".gz"){
> > > > >         system("gunzip -c $ParseFile | discretise $delta $BOD 
> > > > > $EOD > ${OUTFILE}");
> > > > >     }elsif($suffix eq ".par"){
> > > > >         system("cat $ParseFile | discretise $delta $BOD $EOD 
> > > > > > ${OUTFILE}");
> > > > >     }
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > As you can see, I've got three system commands to run on 
> > > $ParseFile,
> > > > > depending on it's extn (.par/.gz/.bz2).  
> > > > > 
> > > > > I don't know how I should ask this, but can I 
> > > > > 
> > > > >     1. open $ParseFile and assign a filehandle to it  
> (IN), say.
> > > > >     2. open $Outfile and assign a filehandle to it (OUT), 
> > > > >     3. determine the extension of the input file,
> > > > > 
> > > > > And this is the important part:     
> > > > >     4. Depending on the extension, cat, gunzip -c, or bunzip 
> > > > > -c the input
> > > > >         file to the output file, using the _filehandle_, 
> > > > > without a system
> > > > >         command. 
> > > > > 
> > > > >     Is this possible in Perl, if so how to do it? And is it 
> > > > > necessary? 
> > > > > 
> > > > > For instance, I could have,     
> > > > > 
> > > > >     if($suffix eq ".bz2"){
> > > > >         open(IN, "bunzip2 -c $ParseFile|")
> > > > >             ||die "Could not open $ParseFile: $!";
> > > > >     }elsif($suffix eq ".gz"){
> > > > >         open(IN, "gunzip -c $ParseFile|")
> > > > >             ||die "Could not open $ParseFile: $!";
> > > > >     }elsif($suffix eq ".par"){
> > > > >         open(IN, "<$ParseFile")
> > > > >             || die "Could not open $ParseFile: $!";
> > > > >     }
> > > > > 
> > > > > And then I open an output file: 
> > > > > 
> > > > >     
> > > > >     open(OUT, "| discretise delta BOD EOD > $OutFile") || die 
> > > > > "Sorry :$!"; 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Problem: How do I channel the input from $ParseFile to the 
> > > > > OUT filehandle? 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Please explain in --verbose mode! I do not know these 
> things. :)
> > > > > 
> > > > > -tir
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > TIA, 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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