"R. Joseph Newton" wrote: > Better not to use the newline at the end. You get more information if you just: > > open(MIBFH,$file) or die "Error opening the $file$!";
Should be: open(MIBFH,$file) or die "Error opening the $file: $!"; Sorry, Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>