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Or just check return values 

print( FH, "Hello world\n" ) || die "oops: $!\n";

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Re: Re: Testing for open filehandles
by trantor (Chaplain) on Sep 11, 2001 at 16:02 UTC

    This could have very nasty side effects if you just want to check if the filehandle is open :-)

    -- TMTOWTDI

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