if (-s $output_file) {
:)
There are other reasons to test for a file size prior to opening it :)
Why open a data file if it is zero length when you expect data?
-- _Sx_ http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/ _____ perldoc -qa.a | perl -lpe '($_)=m("(.*)")' | grep Martian
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