#!/usr/bin/perl
use Win32::Process::Info;                        #Requests to use the 
+Win32 Mod
use Date::EzDate;                                #Requests to use the 
+date mod
use File::Copy;

my $printinfo = Win32::Process::Info->new();     #Gets the system proc
+ess info
my @info = $printinfo->GetProcInfo();            #Stored to an array
my $currentdate = Date::EzDate->new();           #Loads the current Da
+te an Time
#
#Manageing Log Files Chronologically
#
$hour = 2;
until ($hour > 26)                                          #Loop to r
+ead all log files
  {
    opendir(LOGS, "/perl/ass/")|| die "dir not found";      #Opens the
+ folder containing the days log files
      @logfiles = readdir(LOGS);                            #Puts the 
+name of all files into an array
    closedir(LOGS);
      $currentlog = "/perl/ass/@logfiles[$hour]";
      chmod (0777, $currentlog) or die "Can't change permissions: $!";
+                            #Gives everyone all permissions on all fi
+les in the folder
      open(CURRENTLOG, $currentlog)|| die "file not found: $!";
    $firstline = <CURRENTLOG>;
$date = substr($firstline,0 ,2); 
$hour++;
  }
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working in windows

Windows has this annoying habit of locking files that are being written to. Perhaps something is writing to the logs?

"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"

To determine what process is holding a lock on the files you are trying to access, you might look at Process Explorer.

Your problem is really more a system/file problem than a Perl issue.

Since this is Win32, you might want to report $^E (in addition to $!), as it can have a more specific or more detailed explanation than what $! provides in some situations (and this sounds like one of those).

- tye