So now i'm expereincing something new....it appears related to the || do.....

#!/tps/bin/perl

$logfilename = './test.log';

open (my $FH, '>', $logfilename) || die "CANNOT OPEN LOG";

print "\n\noutside FH\n\n";

select $FH;


print "\n\n this is inside the FH\n\n";

select STDOUT;

print "\n\n this is back outside the FH\n\n";

close($FH);








$logfilename = './test2.log';

open (my $FH, '>', $logfilename) || do {
    print "test test test\n";
    die "CANNOT OPEN LOG";
}

print "\n\noutside FH\n\n";

select $FH;

print "\n\n this is inside the FH\n\n";

select STDOUT;

print "\n\n this is back outside the FH\n\n";

close($FH);

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when i run this just the first portion of it, before the second open file, select works fine. but when i instate the second open statement with the || do, i am given this error:

syntax error at test.pl line 34, near "print"

is there something wrong with my syntax or does do have some unintended consequence on output redirection? thanks

In reply to Re^2: Multiple actions triggered by failure to open a file by GreenLantern
in thread Multiple actions triggered by failure to open a file by GreenLantern

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