M . J . T . Guy <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk> writes: >jarausch@numa1.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Jarausch) wrote >> sub Check { >> open(my $FH,">dummy"); # line 4 >> } > >> Use of uninitialized value at - line 4. > >$FH hasn't been given a value, so what do you expect? In 5.005_5X the my $FH is supposed to be vivified by open et al. Looks like I/we botched something. -- Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com> Via, but not speaking for: Texas Instruments Ltd.