Re: Can't get a simple log creator to work!

if (! open LOG ) {
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That line is equivalent to:

if (! open LOG, '<', $main::LOG ) {
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And since you didn't store a file name in $main::LOG the open will fail.

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Re^2: Can't get a simple log creator to work! by aquinom85 (Initiate) on Feb 23, 2010 at 05:45 UTC
my perl book didn't say anything about that, really the filehandles section made no sense (this is the o'reilley book). how do i use `$main::LOG` to store a filename to it? (it would be the name of the log file in this case right?)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Can't get a simple log creator to work! by Anonymous Monk on Feb 23, 2010 at 06:27 UTC
Which O'reilley book? I suggest you start with perlintro, and perlopentut, but basically `open my($fh), '>', '/f/o/o' or die "Can't clobber /f/o/o : $!"; print $fh "stuff\n"; ...` [download] or the slick version `use autodie; open my($fh), '>' '/f/o/o'; print $fh "stuff\n"; ...` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]