On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 03:05:45PM -0500, Jay Kline wrote: > I am writing a perl script that acts like the passwd program, but is intended for > my virtual pop user database. Anyway, I cant seem to find out why I cant write to > a file. I will include the snipit, but I would also like to know how to debug > these problems. They have poped up before, and it seems very binary, it either > works or it dosnt. Is there some way to find out WHY it dosnt work? > > Here is the snipit: > > open PASSWD, '>' . $passw_file or die "There was an error opening the password > file.\n"; > print PASSWD "$pw_data"; > close PASSWD; > print "Password file updated.\n"; > It works on my machine: debian with perl-5.6.1 Check you the $passw_file: maybe it's undef or something. florin -- "If it's not broken, is because you are not fixing it enough." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4