I am having issues with comparing 2 files using File::Compare. My problem is I open the file make no changes and compare the file to itself and it still returns a boolean 1 saying the files are different. Here is the code in question: 
sub close {
   open (TEMP, ">compare");
   print TEMP $t->get("1.0", "end");
   close(TEMP);
   print "\$filename equals ",$filename,"\n";
   if (compare($filename,"compare") == 0) {
      print "They are the same\n";
      exit;
   }elsif (compare($filename,"compare") == -1) {
      $t->insert("end", "There was an error while comparing!\n");
   }else{
      print "They are different\n";
      my $sw = MainWindow->new(-title=>"Content Has Changed");
      my $frame = $sw->Frame->pack(-side => 'top', -fill => 'x');
      $frame->Label(-text => "The file has changed since last save. Wo
+uld you like to save before exiting?")->
                    pack(-side => 'left', -anchor => 'w');
      $frame->Button(-text => "No", -background => 'navy blue', -foreg
+round => 'white', -command => sub {exit;})->
         pack(-side => 'right'); 
      $frame->Button(-text => "Yes", -background => 'navy blue', -fore
+ground => 'white', -command =>\&save_and_exit)->
         pack(-side => 'right'); 
   }
}

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The scalar "$filename" is the file that was opened in it's original form and "compare" is a temp file I create to load the changed text into from the text editor before saving. I then compare the original file to the edited file and if there have been changes I want the program to prompt to save and if there have been no changes I want the program just to save. Now as I said it prompt every time even when I am sure the files are the same. Is there an issue with "$filename" being a full file path and "compare" being a local file in this subdirectory?

In reply to File comparison problem! by Elijah

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