If you have a reason to leave it open, you can always set autoflush on the file.
open FO, ">file_out";
my $was = select FO;
local $| = 1;
select $was;
print FO "a";
print FO "b";
etc.
2008/5/21 John ORourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Well thanks! Under regular CGI, every time your browser reques
Well thanks! Under regular CGI, every time your browser requests a page,
Apache has to find your script, load Perl, compile your script and any
modules you use, run it, and exit Perl. Under mod_perl, all the loading and
compiling is done when Apache starts, not on every request - it's doing fa