open (FAILEHANDLER, ">>$filename") what is the rong with that

[Sameh Abdelatef]

Dear perl experts,

I used to use[ open (FAILEHANDLER, ">>$filenam e");] to open and add
new lines to $filename, but it didn't work any more. The perl version
is 5.8.1. When I try [ open (FAILEHANDLER, ">$filename ");] it's work
but the content of $filename is deletd.
Any help will be appreciated.

[Joe Smith]

Re: open (FAILEHANDLER, ">>$ filename") what is the rong with that

Sameh Abdelatef wrote:
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> I used to use[ open (FAILEHANDLER, ">>$filenam e");] to open and add
> new lines to $filename, but it didn't work any more. The perl version
> is 5.8.1. When I try [ open (FAILEHANDLER, ">$filename ");] it's work
> but the content of $filename is deletd.[/color]

You have correctly described the difference between ">>" and ">".
So, what is the problem?
-Joe