First, use the open( ... ) form of the function.. given the issues with operator precedence it would be very wise to use the parenthesis (also known as brackets).

Second, if your server is rebooting I highly recommend pulling out the debugger. perl -d<script>. Then single step through each line until you hit the one that makes your server reboot.

If you're using CGI through Apache and don't have the option of running a debugger, then one approach you might take to finding the line causing the issue is sprinking sleeps and debugging statements.. e.g.

  $| = 1; # turn on autoflushing of print statements
  print( "<p>About to open file..</p>" );
  sleep( 5 );
  open( ... ) or die( ... );
  
  print( "<p>About to append to file..</p>" );
  sleep( 5 );
  print FILEHANDLE $statement;

  ...

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and soforth..

In reply to Re^2: Cann't create a file by monarch
in thread Cann't create a file by chriso

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