open DBFILE , "$dbFileName" or die $!; my @dbFile = ; close DBFILE; if (grep $cdLabel, @dbFile) { print "This CD ($cdLabel) is already in the database\n"; exit; } # `cp -f $dbFileName $dbFileName.BAK`; open DBFILEBK, ">$dbFileName.BAK" or die $!; for (@dbFile) { print DBFILEBK; } close DBFILEBK;