Harry Putnam <> wrote: : So back to my original question: : Is there a module or something that takes care of that pre : processing for me?
There is no pre-processing. I use this same idiom on either platform. What do you mean by pre-processing? my $file = 'foo/bar/baz/no pre-processing.txt'; open FH, $file or die qq(Cannot open "$file": $!); close FH; HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>