On 7/25/07, Johnson, Reginald (GTI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
open (OMARFILE, "<junk" || die "input file cannot be openned:$!\n");
No matter what virtues your technique has or lacks, this particular line is surely broken; it will never die, even if the file can't be opened. Check the table of precedence in the perlop manpage. Cheers! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/