[MacPerl] Re: Beginner trying to learn Perl ...

["Steven C. Banville" <steveb@chiremv.chiron.com>]

 > 2nd problem
 >  
 > I chapter 6 "Reading & Writing files". I could read files as long as I
 > specified Mac path to file but there was no way that I could create a file
 > within a MacPerl program.  Any information here will greatly appreciated.
 
 
 I am not sure about the first problem but regarding the 2nd problem, the
 following script works on my Mac.  This script, "writefile.pl", lives in the
 same folder as a folder called "SomeDir_Level1".  It creates and writes to a
 file called "some_file" in "SomeDir_Level1".
 
 I hope this answers your question.

	#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
	# "writefile.pl"
	#
	
	#$fn = "some_file";                # Writes to "some_file" in same dir.
	$fn = ":SomeDir_Level1:some_file"; # Writes to "some_file" in "SomeDir_Level1"
	
	open(SF, ">$fn") or die "Could not open file: \"$fn\"\n";
	print SF "Hello world.\n";
	close(SF);

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