RE: Problem with getting a file to open

2001-06-07 Thread Sara Campbell Meeks
Adding $edgar/ seemed to fix it. If I seem pretty clueless, it's because I've been programming for all of two days. Thanks again, Campbell

RE: Problem with getting a file to open

2001-06-07 Thread Sara Campbell Meeks
When I do that I get yet another error message: print() on closed filehandle main::FILE at /home/Campbell/perl/Get.Info line 9 Which is what made me try ">$file" to begin with. *shrug* Thanks, Campbell -Original Message- From: Andrew Nelson To: 'Sara Campbe

Problem with getting a file to open

2001-06-07 Thread Sara Campbell Meeks
I have this bit of code: #!/usr/bin/perl -w $edgar = "/home/Campbell/perl/edgar" opendir (EDGAR, $edgar) or die "Can't find $edgar!\n"; while ($file = readdir EDGAR) { open (FILE, ">$file"); print FILE; } When I run the program I get this error message: Use of uninitialized