try using:
open (OFILE, " +> /tmp/aa.lst") or die "Can't write $p_OutputFile: $! ";
if that is still making problems, then visit:
http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/pod/func/open.html
-> "... '+>' mode would clobber the file first."
cheers,
Alex mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> does the file aa.lst already exists in /tmp? if so, does your script
> have permission to write to it? the error doesn't seem like a permission
> problem...
> david
> On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 11:49, Allen Wang wrote:
>> Yes, we do have "/tmp" diretory and everyone has write permission to
>> "/tmp"
>>
>> Thanks,
>> allen
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe Raube [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:47 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: Create an output file using Perl
>>
>>
>> Does the /tmp directory exist? does the user running this script have
>> write permissions to that directory?
>>
>> --- Allen Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > i want to generate an output file using perl
>> >
>> > open (OFILE, " > /tmp/aa.lst") or die "Can't write $p_OutputFile:
>> > $! ";
>> >
>> > Everytime I ran it, I got the following error message.
>> >
>> > Can't write /tmp/aa.lst: No such file or directory at compare.pl
>> > line 71.
>> >
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Allen
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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