perldoc -f ref Example: open ($fl, "/tmp/1.o"); if (ref($fl) eq 'GLOB') { print "Is a FILEHANDLE\n"; } else { print "Isn't a FILEHANDLE\n"; }
I'm not very clear if GLOB is returned only for filehandles. bye, George P. On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Beau E. Cox wrote: > Hi - > > I want to determine is a variable is a file handle. > > How would I do this? > > I know how to tell if it is a ref to something, > but I can't seem to be able to find out if it > is a file handle. > > Aloha => Beau/ > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]