At 03:48 PM 4/2/02 -0600, Mr Hash wrote:
>So, I'm trying to 'open ($1,">>$file")', where $1 is a string like
>"cbQosCMPrePolicyPktOverflow".
>
>Obviously, with use strict this does not work. How can I make it work? I
>need arbitrarily named filehandles. I know, it could get rended with
>gobbleworts if the data gets out of hand...
Maybe I'm missing something, but why not
open my $fh, ">>$file";
You're constructing a unique string in $1 just so you can have a new
filehandle? Using open my $fh (not sure whether this was a 5.005-ism or a
5.6-ism) you get a new lexical filehandle which seems to be what you want.
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