1: I save a file then later in the program I reopen it but it dosent yet contain the information that I saved until I refresh the page. So if if I appended the file 'info.dat' and added 'hello there' I wouldent see what I wrote until I reloded the script. Is there anyway that I can get around this with like a delay or something?

- I'm using tripod by the way -

2: How do you print a format to the browser/STDOUT.

$name1 = 'whiteperl';
$name2 = 'batman';

format NAMES = 
@<<<<<<<< @<<<<<<<<<
$name1    $name2
.

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How do I get NAMES to go to the browser/STDOUT?

thanks.

2002-06-30 Edit by Corion : Added formatting, changed title

In reply to Two questions about CGI and format specifiers (was: Two questions) by whiteperl

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