in reply to Weird Happening when i print into a file

Change 

print FOUT $_jobcard_basename;

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to 

print FOUT $_jobcard_basename
   or die ("Can't write to FOUT: $!\n");

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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");

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when you're done with the file.

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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.

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      Hear that? That's the sound of everyone who read this post banging his or her head against a wall.

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