in reply to if (open(FH, $path)) { ?

Well, it's fine, but one tweak I would make is to add the $! variable (and maybe the filename) in the error message, e.g. 
    print "Can't open $filename for reading - $!";

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Re: Re: if (open(FH, $path)) { ?
by bkiahg (Pilgrim) on May 03, 2004 at 14:20 UTC
    I would do it that way but I don't want users who don't have access to the file to realize they don't. I'm setting up links to edit the current page.
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      In that case, don't print anything if the open fails.
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