Thanks for all of the input. This is a misapprehension that I've labored under for a while.

In fact, now that I'm rereading the source for that SSI information, it specifically lists this as a problem with scripts that create static HTML pages.

tilly: thanks for the link. A hardcopy is sitting on my desk now. Amusingly enough, that comment about "they do not even die on failed opens" is particularly frustrating. Two days ago, I went down to an technical bookstore and scanned about 4 books dealing with Perl and CGI. Not one of those books were consistently checking return codes on file opens. That, of course, is in addition to all of the typical problem: no strict, -w, or -T. And these people are touting themselves as professionals!!! Some of them clearly know Perl better than I (which isn't hard to believe), so it was dismaying to see such dangerous programs being listed.

It's a sad, sad, world.

Cheers,
Ovid

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