[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is Perl's behavior specified when I try to write into (ie using the PRINT
> statement) a file variable which has never been opened?
Yes. It does nothing, unless you're running with the -w option, in which
case
it generates a warning.
> I'd like it to simply discard the output; can I rely upon this happening?
As long as some other part of your program isn't using the same
filehandle,
yes. For robustness, I would recommend running with -w and using
open(FILEHANDLE, ">/dev/null") || die "Couldn't open /dev/null ($!)\n";
assuming you're on Unix.
Apologies to the htdiggers for polluting this forum with Perliness.
Adam Rice
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