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The error message was: 
Unable to open G:/Directory_path/Flat_file_test_C_out.txt: No such fil
+e or directory

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Re^9: print() on closed filehandle
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 14, 2004 at 17:37 UTC

    That's the error I get when I do:
    perl -e "open(FILE, '>nonexistant/test') or die($!);"
    Since you're creating the file, it means the path ("nonexistant/" in my case, "G:/Directory_path/" in yours) doesn't exist.

    Check for typos. Copy and paste the path from somewhere (the address bar of Windows Explorer, for example) to make sure there are no typos.

    Are you running your script as a service? G: is not likely to exist for a service.

    See what happens if you use c:/out.txt instead.

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      It works when I do C:/out.txt. So I don't seem to have permissions to write to the G: drive. But I can read from the G: drive. I have set maximum permissions for the drives. I don't know what to do now.
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        Reread the node you just responded to. That error message indicates that it probably isn't a permissions error, but that the directory open is trying to create the file in doesn't exist. open with ">" will try to create the file if needed, but won't create the directory the file should be in; that has to already exist.
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