Not sure but I would say it is a bug on your side. Accepting a file name without even some basic validation. (no spaces at the beginning/end of your file names)
This will solve the issue, open is used to open more things then just files, therefore what it is fed is what it opens. Where -e and -f are used only for the checking if a file exists and thus they do the removal of preceding/trailing spaces automatically. At least that is how I always understood that bit. Regards, Rob On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # --- <the program> ---- > my $fname = '/volumes/hd/home/kevin/file_test '; # note file ends > with a space character > print "Exists: <$fname>\n" if (-e $fname); > print "Is a file: <$fname>\n" if (-f $fname); > open(FH, $fname) or die "Can't open '$fname': $!"; > close(FH) or die "Can't close '$fname': $!"; > > # --- <the output> --- > Processing file: file_test > Exists: <file_test > > Is a file: <file_test > > Can't open 'file_test ': No such file or directory at testopen.pl line > 42. > > # -- <the question> --- > > Is this a known bug in Perl 5.8.6? > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://learn.perl.org/ > > >
