Fred wrote:
> On 2/3/25 12:52, Joel Roth via Dng wrote:
> > Lars Noodén via Dng wrote:
> > > Also, it is unclear why you appear to be using a constant to hold a file
> > > name. Instead, you might be interested in trying CPAN's File::Temp
> > > module to manage temporary files and/or directories.
> >
> > Hi Lars,
> >
> > TMPFILE in `seek(TMPFILE,20,0)` is not a constant but a
> > filehandle. Bareword filehandles are not recommended
> > nowadays.
> >
> > open( my $fh, '>', 'foo.tmp' )
> > is preferred to
> >
> > open( TMPFILE, '>', 'foo.tmp')
> >
> Hi,
> You show a ',' between '>' and 'foo.tmp'. The book I use for reference,
> "Perl by Example" by Ellie Quigley, does not use a comma there. It also
> recommends filehandles be upper case.

> An internet search shows example uses of tell() which are exactly as I have
> them. The code I showed in my previous post is at the end of my program for
> testing. There is no loop in effect as the OP suggested.

Sorry, my post was pedantic, rather than addressing your problem.

I do think it's more likely there is an error in your code,
rather than in perl. Great if you can post a runnable
example.



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Joel Roth