Hi guys, I have a very strange problem that I hope you can help me with. I have the following code to open a text file. 
if ($status_hash {exit_code} == 0)
{
    open (EXECUTE_LIST, $execute_file);

    if ($! ne "")
    {
        $status_hash {exit_code} = 51;
        $status_hash {exit_message} = "The file $execute_file did not 
+exist and we are in the execute function.\n\t\tvar \$! = $!";
    }

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When I run the code on one machine I get the following error from the $! variable 
Inappropriate ioctl for device

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On the second machine, this runs fine without such an error message.
Anyone got any ideas that may help
Thanks in advance,

In reply to Inappropriate ioctl for device by alongwor

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