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open FILE, ">$filename" or die "Could not open file '$filename' for ap
+pending: $! ";

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That doesn't open the file for appending, it opens it for writing. The entire content of the file will be deleted at this point.

Abigail

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Re: Re: Need help! Data in file getting deleted
by Bagarre (Sexton) on Nov 19, 2003 at 17:01 UTC
    Right on
    You should use  >> instead.

     open (FILE, ">>$filename") or die "$!";

    Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.
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      If I do the

      open (FILE, ">>$filename") or die "$!";

      I have two sets of the data in my file. I only want one. It works fine as long as the user doesn't try to delete a duplicate. The duplicate is causing my issues.

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        So you then you'll have to test to find out if the file is empty or not before running this. Are you asking how to do that, or where?

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        the data is there up to the point where the interface removes the file-lock. If I remove the file-lock by the command line the data is still there. Or if I try to access the page again via the interface and then have the interface delete the lock it's fine.
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