>>>>> "Felix" == Felix Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Felix> It's fairly well known that one should use "open" with an "or Felix> die". Is there really any condition where "close" fails, making Felix> the "or die" necessary? A close may need to flush a write buffer. If there's an I/O error during the flushing, the close will report that as a failed close. Also, a close on a non-open filehandle is also an error. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
