Consider the following code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use File::Remote;
my $rp=new File::Remote(
        rsh=>"/usr/bin/ssh",
        rcp=>'/usr/bin/scp');

$rp->open (ARPFILE,"xeng-mon01:/usr/local/router-walk/data/arp.csv")
        or die $!;

my $line=<ARPFILE>;
print $line;

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When that is run I get an error: 
Bareword "ARPFILE" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at testFileR
+emote.pl line 8.

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which confuses the heck out of me. When I do something like 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;

open FIN,"</etc/passwd" or die $!;

my $line=<FIN>;
print $line;

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it gives me the first line of my /etc/passwd file just like I'd expect. What gives here? Anybody else see this?

Or am I getting senile in my old age?

UPDATE: Since posting this and before reading the replies from folks (Thanks shmem, rblaschand Herkum!) I had two beers and tried an experiment and it worked. By changing the first example's open call to 

$rp->open(*ARPFILE....

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strict was happy again. Then I read the replies and discovered why it worked. Thanks again gang! </code>

Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg

In reply to File::Remote wierdness. (problems using strict?) by blue_cowdawg

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