On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Lawrence Statton wrote: > If you re-read the question carefully: > > >> Is there really any condition where "close" fails ... ?
Ok, I misread it, but the point still stands -- it's a prudent check. > [...snip...] Another possibility (although far-fetched): What if the > filesystem goes away while you had it open? This isn't all that far-fetched: maybe the file is mounted from a remote filesystem via NFS, Samba, WebDAV, etc, and the connection is lost. If your network connection isn't reliable, this can be a big deal. -- Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
