in reply to Problems with open

Your code dies for me:

$ perl test.pl
Can't exec "garbage": No such file or directory at test.pl line 6.
Can't fork a garbage: No such file or directory at test.pl line 6.

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I am running perl 5.6.1 on Debian Linux 3.0

Just a small adding to other monks' comments. Like other functions, print has a return value, too. So you shouldn't limit yourself at checking if open succeeds or fails: you should check print also, and take actions when it fails

Just my 2c/Euro
--bronto

# Another Perl edition of a song:
# The End, by The Beatles
END {
  $you->take($love) eq $you->made($love) ;
}

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Re: Re: Problems with open
by skerr1 (Sexton) on Jul 24, 2002 at 16:22 UTC
    This appears to be an issue with Perl pre 5.6. I am running 5.005_2 on SunOS 5.6. With diagnostics on, I get: 

    Can't exec "garbage": No such file or directory at foo.pl line 8 (#1)
    
    (W) An system(), exec(), or piped open call could not execute the 
+named
    program for the indicated reason.  Typical reasons include: the pe
+rmissions
    were wrong on the file, the file wasn't found in $ENV{PATH}, the
    executable in question was compiled for another architecture, or t
+he
    #! line in a script points to an interpreter that can't be run for
    similar reasons.  (Or maybe your system doesn't support #! at all.
+)

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    -sk
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