On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 03:12 -0700, jis wrote: > Hi > > I simply could not open a file which is in the same path as my script > is. > i could open the file if i explicitly mention the path. but i dont > want that.. > > my script is.. > > use strict; > use warnings; > my $fil="pdef.txt"; > open(DEFILE,"<$fil")|| die "Couldnt open pdef file - $!\n"; > > > Any idea what is wrong..( the file exists in the same path as the > script is.) > regards, > jis > >
Are you running your script in the directory where the file is? -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn "Where there's duct tape, there's hope." "Perl is the duct tape of the Internet." Hassan Schroeder, Sun's first webmaster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/