you need to add the name of the target filehandle when you write to it. for example:
if you open writefile.txt with the filehandle WRITE, you must print to it like so: print WRITE "add some text"; At 18:18 18/07/2002 -0500, Carrie Lyn Brammer wrote: >I've looked throgh the recent archives. A lot of what is being discussed >seems too 'advanced' for me. I guess i'm a REAL baby newbie. > >Can someone please look at the following project, and tell me why it is >not writing the contents of the readfile.txt to the writefile.txt? > >It's tough to learn from a book, when there is no one to help you, and no >examples of the project anywhere. I wish I could get a free personal >tutor. Anyone interested? heh. > >Here is what i've got so far: > >--------------------- > ># Description:A program that can save the contents of a given file and >create a ># new file in the same directory that contains a copy of the original >files information ># Revision History: ># 1.0/July 18th 2002: original version >#----------------------------------------------------------------- > ># open files for reading(readfile.txt) and writing(writefile.txt) >open (READFILE, "readfile.txt") || die "could not open readfile.txt \n"; >open (WRITEFILE, ">writefile.txt") || die "could not open writefile.txt \n"; > ># define contents of readfile.txt to array >@contents = <READFILE>; > ># print contents to the writefile >print (@contents); > ># close readfile and writefile >close (READFILE); >close (WRITEFILE); > ># open writefile.txt to read contents >open (NEWWRITEFILE, "writefile.txt") || die "could not open writefile.txt\n"; > ># assign contents of writefile.txt to an array >@newcontents = <NEWWRITEFILE>; > ># print the contents of writefile.txt >print "\n The contents of writefile.txt is $newcontents \n"; > ># close writefile.txt >close (NEWWRITEFILE); > >----------------------------- > >Thank you, >Carrie Lyn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
