in reply to Re^2: Scripts work when run individually but not when run as one compiled script
in thread Scripts work when run individually but not when run as one compiled script

in windows the file can be read if it is open.

As I said here, that maybe true for Excel using Visual Basic for Applications but not in Perl.

poj
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