while (<CONFIGFILE>) {
    chomp;
    $file = $_;
    open(FILE, $file) or die "Can't open $file";
    binmode(FILE);
    $md5 = Digest::MD5->new;
    while (<FILE>) {
        $md5->add($_);
    }
    close(FILE);
    print RESULTS $md5->b64digest, " ", $file, "\n";
    #print $md5->b64digest, "\n";
    $a=$a+1;
}


##</code><code>##

my $md5 = Digest::MD5->new;

while (<CONFIGFILE>) {
    chomp;
    $md5->reset;
    {
        local *FILE;
        open (FILE, $_) || warn $!;
        binmode FILE;
        $md5->addfile(*FILE);
        close FILE;
    }

    #   stuff with $md5 digest methods
}