On Jun 3, bob ackerman said: >> @ARGV = "< $filename" if $opt_f; > >why '<' ? isn't '$filename' enough for get '<>' to open and read from that >file?
I feel safer when I explicitly state the mode. Unless you want the user to put 'foo |' as the filename (that is, the output of a pipe), then you should use the file mode in your program explicitly. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
