>What I'd really like to do though is to be able to write back(append) >to the same file.I am confused about opening a file in the append mode. Not sure if this is what you mean, but ....
open (MYFILE, ">>file_to_append_to.txt") or die "Can't open $!\n"; Will open a file in the append mode Then whatever you want to append to the file you merely print MYFILE @contents; #or whatever HTH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]