I've got a strange problem with using <> on perl 5.8.8 on Solaris. It doesn't occur on 5.8.8 or 5.10.0 on Linux. Upgrading is not an option; I have a clumsy workaround and am looking for something better. Here's demonstration code:

use strict;
use warnings;

my $FILE = "/tmp/foo";

{ open my $fh, ">", $FILE or die; print {$fh} "Fnord\n" }

print "Contents =\n****\n", file_contents(), "****\n";
{ open my $fh, '>>', $FILE or die $!; print {$fh} "Plugh\n" }
print "Contents =\n****\n", file_contents(), "****\n";
print "Contents =\n****\n", file_contents(), "****\n";

sub file_contents
{
  local @ARGV = $FILE;
  local $/;
  my $contents = <>;
  return $contents;
}
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And here's the output:

Contents =
****
Fnord
****
Contents =
****
Plugh
****
Contents =
****
Fnord
Plugh
****
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The problem is that the second print of the file contents yields only the last line that was inserted, not both lines. I've been focusing on the end of the block containing the append. I've tried explicitly assigning () to @ARGV, explicitly closing $fh, explicitly undef'ing $fh.
Now I can always just call file_contents() from that point in the append block and throw away the result. Does anyone have a more elegant solution?
Again, note - this only happens on Solaris, not Linux.

Update:Yep, the close ARGV works - nice and elegant, thanks.

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