Thanks for the response. Will the use of fudge only work though if I know the failure point?

Use it in every place there can be a failure ... open or Fudge() ... close or Fudge() ... even readline or Fudge(); 

     while ( ! eof($fh) ) {
    defined( $_ = <$fh> ) or die Fudge("readline \$fh");
    ...
    }

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Heck, even enhance it to sparkle some $? extras 

sub Fudge {
    my $pipe = $?;
    use Errno();
    my $msg = join qq/\n/,
      "Error @_",
      map { "  $_" } int( $! ) . q/ / . $!,
      int( $^E ) . q/ / . $^E,
      grep( { $!{$_} } keys %! )
    ;
    
    $^E = $! = $pipe;
    $msg .= join qq/\n/,
            map { "  $_" }
            "\n  #",
#~                 int( $! ) . q/ / . $!,
#~                 int( $^E ) . q/ / . $^E,
                'status($?) '.( $pipe ),
                'subexit($? >>8) '.( $pipe >> 8),
                'signal($? & 127) '.( $pipe & 127 ),
                'coredump($? & 128) '.( $pipe & 128 ),
                grep( { $!{$_} } keys %! ),
                q/ /;
    return $msg;
}

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In reply to Re^3: Perl open pipe exiting early by Anonymous Monk
in thread Perl open pipe exiting early by albob

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