Weird Happening when i print into a file

kprasanna_79 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Revered Monks, Below is my code

($_jobcard_basename = basename($_job_card)) =~ s/^sub\.//i;
 $_jobcard_basename =~ s/\.xml//;
use Data::Dumper;
chomp($_jobcard_basename);
print FOUT $_jobcard_basename;
local $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1;
print STDERR Dumper "The Dumper value is $_jobcard_basename";
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In the above code, i dont see any values printed in the file, but i do see some values when i use Dumper to print to STDERR.

The output using dumper is
$VAR1 = "The Dumper value is topline.chs ";
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Is there something weird going on.
Any body any idea???
-Prasanna.K

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Re: Weird Happening when i print into a file by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 27, 2008 at 20:13 UTC
Change `print FOUT $_jobcard_basename;` [download] to `print FOUT $_jobcard_basename or die ("Can't write to FOUT: $!\n");` [download] to see what's wrong. Update: If the `print` doesn't given an error, add `close(FOUT) or die ("Can't write to FOUT: $!\n");` [download] when you're done with the file.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Weird Happening when i print into a file by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 27, 2008 at 21:59 UTC
In the CB, the OP reported the above gives him "Bad file number" indicating that `FOUT` is not open.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Weird Happening when i print into a file by chromatic (Archbishop) on Oct 28, 2008 at 00:36 UTC
Hear that? That's the sound of everyone who read this post banging his or her head against a wall.	[reply]
Re: Weird Happening when i print into a file by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 27, 2008 at 20:33 UTC
Are you sure your open succeeded?	[reply]
Re: Weird Happening when i print into a file by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 27, 2008 at 20:18 UTC
What's printing "The output using dumper is"? The code you showed doesn't produce that.	[reply]
Re: Weird Happening when i print into a file by ccn (Vicar) on Oct 28, 2008 at 06:10 UTC
Where is your `open FOUT, ">filename" or die $!;` [download] line?	[reply] [d/l]