Unable to write files.

Vorm posted this at 05:15 — 18th May 2000.

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Everything seems to go well, but nothing is created. Am I using the right syntax?

open(LAL, ">lalal.txt");
print LAL "$lalal\n";
close(LAL);

anti posted this at 08:19 — 18th May 2000.

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Always check if your open worked:

code:

open(LAL, ">lalal.txt") | | die( "$!" );
print LAL "$lalal\n";
close(LAL);
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Vorm posted this at 17:17 — 18th May 2000.

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Errr, I copied your code anti and got a 500.

Rob Pengelly posted this at 19:06 — 18th May 2000.

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Is the file CHMOD correctly? You will need to chmod it to 755 or 777, so that the script has access to write to a file.

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Orpheus posted this at 20:42 — 18th May 2000.

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"Everything seems to go well, but nothing is created. Am I using the right syntax?"

So your trying to create a file?

try

open(file,"> file.txt");
print file "lala\n";
close(file);

If you want it to create the file then you need to chmod the directory 777, if you want the program to update the file you need to chmod the file its self 777.