Re: Close a file and reopen a new one at midnight

You have to use a global variable of an open file:

my $file;
open $file, ">$filename" || die("Couldn't open file");
...
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In addition, are you assured that at this time there is data on the socket for reading?

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Re^2: Close a file and reopen a new one at midnight by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Jan 14, 2013 at 18:01 UTC
That, however stylish it may be, using lexical file handles will not resolve the root cause of the problem. The file handle is being closed and reopened in a logically correct location. Update: Updated statement to clarify. --MidLifeXis	[reply]