On Thu, 31 May 2001, Nichole Bialczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 01:00:49 -0500
> From: Nichole Bialczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: writing to a text file
>
> i'm trying to write a log file and i can't seem to open it to write to. the file
>does exist. here is the code for opening the file:
>
> if(! open(LOG, ">xxx.txt)) {
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> print "Can't open xxx.txt\n";
> exit;
> }
If you put $! in the line, you'll find out why,
print "Can't open xxx.txt: $!\n";
hth
s.a.n
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