On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 03:13:55PM -0500, Nate Carlson wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Jay Kline wrote: > > open PASSWD, '>' . $passw_file or die "There was an error opening the password > > file.\n"; > > Never seen a file opened that way, try: > > open(PASSWD,">$file"); His usage should be equivalent, but I suppose the lack of (parens) could be confusing the interpreter. -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. - Alan Cox "To prevent unauthorized reading..." - Adobe eBook reader license