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Aug 19, 2003, 1:01 PM
oauser
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Aug 19, 2003, 1:01 PM
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Unable to open error
Code:
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srand(time|$$);

$random_number = int(rand(10000000));

$temp_file = $data_directory . "ureserve" . $random_number . ".tmp";

if (!(open(TEMP_DATA_FILE, ">" . $temp_file)))

{

&return_error("File Error","Unable to open " . $temp_file);

}

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getting error on the open statement, not able to understand..pls anyone can help me to resolve it.

Thanks in Advance,

OAUser.
Aug 19, 2003, 2:47 PM
yogi
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Aug 19, 2003, 2:47 PM
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Re: [oauser] Unable to open error In reply to
Before your &return_error line, add
Code:
print "Error: $!";
to get some information about the error.

Ivan
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Aug 20, 2003, 1:39 AM
Andy
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Aug 20, 2003, 1:39 AM
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Re: [oauser] Unable to open error In reply to
Why not just use something like;

open(TEMP_DATA_FILE, ">$temp_file") || &return_error("File Error","Unable to open " . $temp_file . ". Reason $!");

Unsure

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