OK, this looks like a really wierd one to me... I've got code like this: 
sub out_pic_fullsize {
 my $basepath=shift;
 my $basename=shift;
 my $data=shift;
 
 my $html = $templ;
 
 print "out_pic_fullsize($basepath, $basename, $data)\n";
 
 open HTML, ">$basepath/$basename.html";
 
 $html =~ s/%%basepath%%/$basepath/g;
 $html =~ s/%%basename%%/$basename/g;
 $html =~ s/%%data%%/$data/g;
 
 print HTML $html;
 
 close HTML;
}

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Now, there's somthing really odd going on here. When you call this sub, it should make the file $basepath/$basename.html, and take the template and replace the %%foo%% with the crurrent value of $foo. This works for the %%basepath%% and %%basename%%, but NOT for %%data%% substitions, which end up being simply deleted.

It gets even wierder. If I replace the filename with $basepath/$basename$data.html, the substitions work fine.

The print before the open, however, always works.

Any ideas, guys?

Thanks,
-=- James Mastros

In reply to open() destroying my vars? by theorbtwo

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