Hi all,
I think I am using the term (Type-globbing) correctly but we will see...
I have a program I am making that needs to read lines from a file. Here is a
snip of code to show what I'm doing...
#/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my (%User_Preferences, $var, $value);
--<snip>--
open (CFG, "/etc/backup.conf") or die "Can't open config file: $!\n";
while (<CFG>) {
chomp;
s/#.*//;
s/^\s_//;
s/\s+$//;
next unless length;
($var, $value) = split(/\s*=\s*/, $_, 2);
$User_Preferences{$var} = $value;
}
close CFG;
(More code that isnt important)
--<END>--
Ok so when I run my program like this .. it complains on the the open() line
and the close() line. It says:
Bareword "CFG" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at backup-client.pl line
27.
Bareword "CFG" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at backup-client.pl line
37.
But ... if I change the CFG to *CFG only in the open and close lines, then it
looks like it works. If I recall correctly, I should have to put the * in front
of the filehandle, I dont remember having to do that in the past.
I guess I'm looking more for an explanation of the reasoning unless I am doing
something syntactically(sp) wrong.
Thanks in advance for the help and comments,
Dave Kettmann
NetLogic
314-266-4000
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