in reply to close or die
in thread Making an array out of each line in a file
Sorry for being pedant but we are opening files here, so - unless you mistype your file handle, - you can always close a filehandle. Or am I wrong?
No need to apologize for being pedantic :-). I can't think of a situation where close would fail on a plain old file on a local filesystem; for that, it's just habit. But networked filesystems, sockets, pipes, and so on can mess up close; besides, Always Check System Call Return Values is a good habit to get into.
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