The first is called the indirect syntax and the second is the direct syntax. The direct syntax is preferable over the indirect syntax, and should be used in all cases. The indirect syntax can cause very hard to find bugs in certain situations.

In an unrelated note, you should open your files as so: 

my $fh = IO::File->new( '>', $someFile )
    or die "Cannot open '$someFile': $!\n";

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That will protect against any craziness within the filename and will guarantee that the filename will work on all systems as the OS intends, including preserving whitespace and NULL characters, as appropriate.


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