I am writing a rss file. Here is the full code:

#########################
# includes
#########################
use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI qw(:standard);
use XML::RSS;

#########################
# vars
#########################
my $dateStamp;
my $dirPath = "C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/mywebsite/rss/";
my $newName = '';
my $passName = '';
my $currentDate;
my $fullOutfile;
    
#########################
# make a date stamp
#########################
my ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year) = localtime;
$mon += 1;        #this will change the month from a 0-11 format to a 
+useable 1-12 format
$year += 1900;        # year is number since 1900 - so we add 1900 to 
+get the full year.
$dateStamp = "$year$mon$mday$hour$min";        # datestamp to identify
+ the entry

#########################
#  sub to get rss input from htm form and write it to a file
#########################
sub getInput {
    my $title = param('title');
    my $desc = param('desc');
    my $full = param('full');
    my $template = $dirPath. "rss_outtemplate.htm";
    my $tempHTML ='';
    my $fullOutfile = "$dirPath.rss.htm";
    
    $full =~ s/\r/<br><br>/g; # putting <br>'s in where there were cr'
+s in the input
    
    #########################
    # format the form data using a template
    #########################
    open(FILEFULL, $template) or die ("Couldn't open template file - $
+template - $!\n");
       while (<FILEFULL>) {
            s/xTitle/$title/g;
            s/xDesc/$desc/g;
            s/xfull/$full/g;
            $tempHTML .= $_;
            }
    close FILEFULL or die ("Couldn't close  $template - $!\n");
    
    #########################
    # write the form data with template to the dump file
    #########################
    open(FILESTOR,"> $fullOutfile") or die ("Couldn't open $fullOutfil
+e - $!\n");
    print FILESTOR $tempHTML;
    close FILESTOR or die ("Couldn't close  $fullOutfile - $!\n");
    return $fullOutfile
    
}

#########################
# rename the dump file with fileTag
#########################
sub renameFile ($$){
    my $fileTag = shift;
    my $fullOutfile = "$dirPath.rss.htm";
    $passName = $fileTag. "rss.htm";
    my $newName = $dirPath.$fileTag. "rss.htm";
    rename $fullOutfile, $newName or die ("Couldn't rename rss out fil
+e - $fullOutfile - $!\n");
    return $passName;
}

#########################
#  sub to write the rss file
#########################
sub writeRss ($) {
    my $rss = new XML::RSS (version => '1.0');
    my $rss_output = "$dirPath/rss.xml";
    my $title = param('title');
    my $desc = param('desc');
    my $rss_link = shift;
    $rss_link = "http://www.mywebsite.com/rss/$rss_link";
    $rss->parsefile($rss_output);
    pop(@{$rss->{'items'}}) if (@{$rss->{'items'}} == 15);
    $rss->add_item(title => $title,
        link  => $rss_link,
        description => $desc,
        mode  => 'insert'
        );
    $rss->save($rss_output);

}

#########################
# wrap it all up
#########################
sub writeAfter {
    print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
    print "Sucess - put something in here later ... a page to link bac
+k to the site - stuff like that.\n"
}

#########################
# call subs
#########################
getInput;
renameFile ($dateStamp, $fullOutfile);
writeRss ($passName);
writeAfter;
undef &main;
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