------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:59:17 -0500, "Jamie Risk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The question stems from the fact that I don't really know what 'type' a file > handle is; and I'm also confused about what > open FILEHANDLE > does as opposed to, > open FILEHANDLE, $my_file > A file handle is a glob. And I believe may be passed to a subroutine in the following manner: subroutine_name(*FILEHANDLE); However, in newer Perl a file handle may be stored to a scalar like any other reference, then it is just a matter of passing the scalar, for instance: my $FILEHANDLE; open($FILEHANDLE,'/path/to/file') or die "Couldn't open file for reading: $!"; ...then later... subroutine_name($FILEHANDLE) will work...though this may not be advisable. I don't believe your first type of open will work, the second opens the specified file for reading. Have a look to: perldoc perlopentut and perldoc -f open http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
