On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 14:19:10 -0600 "JupiterHost.Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In this case there is no other sensible error message so why is die > "$!"; what I mean when I mean die $!; ? Why no t die "Sensible error > message $!"; ? Well perhaps for a single debugging line, it doesn't matter too much, but consider a program where endless things can and do go wrong. Peppering your script with or die "Can't open the file Data1 $!\n"; or die "Can't open the file Data2 $!\n"; or die "Can't open the file Data3 $!\n"; etc really helps track down where to look The rule is to always check the return value -- Owen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
