Hi, I'm doing the following:
open FILE, '<file.dat' || die '...'; # Do something with FILE close FILE; system 'command file.dat'; # This fails The last line fails even though I closed FILE. However, if I break out the last line into a separate script that is run later, it runs fine. Therefore, it looks like there is some kind of lock that is left on FILE even though I closed it. If I open another file with the same handle, then everything works. For instance: open FILE, '<file.dat' || die '...'; # Do something with FILE close FILE; open FILE, 'another.dat' || die '...'; system 'command file.dat'; # This works Unfortunately this is too awkard, so I would like to avoid it. Any ideas on what may be happening or a more elegant way to ensure the problem (lock?) doesn't occur? If it helps, I'm using an older build of ActiveState Perl (sorry, don't recall the version) on a WinXP system, running in a DOS shell. Thanks! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
