UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,
I am opening a file......then i am wrting some data into it......and i am reopening the file again but ......i get a error cannot open file.......

$::file= "\adder\testfile.txt"
open(TEST1,$::file);
some write operation
close(TEST1)

open(TEST1,$::file) 'I GET A ERROR CAN OPEN FILE

why am i getting this?how can i rectify this?

Thanks and Regards
Vivek.S

Try this to write

Code:

open(TEST1,">$file");

this is to append

Code:

open(TEST1,">>$file");

or this to read

Code:

open TEST1,"< $file" or die "Can't open $file : $!";

you get the idea.

One more thing (and i think this is more likely to be the cause), \a and \t inside double quotes have their special meanings (see the perlop manpage for the list).

If you work on a Windows-based system, you should be able to replace the \ with / in Perl. You should be able to use, say

$::file = "C:/adder/testfile.txt"

instead. Then this should be okay.

EDIT:

Or you can doubly escape the \, i.e.

$::file = "C:\\adder\\testfile.txt"