in reply to opening files where name is a concatenation of variable

You don't need (or want) dots for concatenation inside a string. Things just interpolate: 
...">$basedir/output/file.text") or die ;

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Re^2: opening files where name is a concatenation of variable
by confused_newbie (Initiate) on Oct 10, 2007 at 15:33 UTC
    fantastic, it works! thanks phil
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