use Fcntl; #### 500,0 sauoq@fozzie:~$ perl -e 'sysopen(OH, "./foo", O_CREAT) or die $!' No such file or directory at -e line 1. 501,2 sauoq@fozzie:~$ perl -MFcntl -e 'sysopen(OH, "./foo", O_CREAT) or die $!' 502,0 sauoq@fozzie:~$