Re: [MacPerl] Error opening file w/trailing spaces in name

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

At 7:40 AM -0700 1/28/99, Ero Brown wrote:

} I get an error when performing the following operation on
} a file that has trailing spaces in its name:
}
}  open(THEFILE, "<$theFileName")
}
} e.g., $theFileName = "Problem File   ";
}
} What am I doing wrong?
}

You're not reading the documentation that comes with MacPerl.  Use Shuck to
read the entry for open, and you will be enlightened.


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