Hello, I am very new to perl and am trying to use perl to create an xml file and let the user specify the filename. Here is my code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Fcntl; #The Module

print "Series:\n";
$series = <>;
print "Filename:\n";
$filename = <>;


open (XMLFILE,">c:/Perl_Tests/temp.xml");
printf XMLFILE '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n';
printf XMLFILE '<XML TAGS>';
printf XMLFILE '<SERIES>'.$series.'</SERIES>';
printf XMLFILE '<ETC>'.$etc.'</ETC>';
printf XMLFILE '<ETC>'.$etc.'</ETC>';
printf XMLFILE '</XMLTAGS>';
close(XMLFILE);
I want the use to specify the filename (instead of temp.xml) but I can't get the value of $filename into that path: eg 
open (XMLFILE,">c:/Perl_Tests/".$filename.".xml");
or something like that. Can anyone help? Also... I want to put carriage returns after each line of XML so when the outputted file is view in a text editor it is easier to read... I can create the file and enter the XML into it - i just cant specify the name of the file during the program execution... i have to rename it aftewards. Thanks!

In reply to Specifying filename by aerris

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