On 10/27/06, Klaus Jantzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why should one separate the ">" etc. from the file name?
Mostly, if the file name might be user-supplied. Perl's open() treats a number of characters as magical, potentially invoking a shell or another program -- but that's dangerous power in untrusted hands. The three-arg open() was invented to close that security hole. If you can trust the filename string, there's nothing wrong with using Perl's open() the "traditional" two-arg way. Cheers! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
