http://dzikibez.pl/?klew=sylwester-dla-singli-lemon-bar&244=22 The Minus File
Again following the lead of the standard shell utilities, Perl’s open function treats a file whose name is a single minus, “-“, in a special way. If you open minus for reading, it really means to access the standard input. If you open minus for writing, it really means to access the standard output.

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The minus file is not working with 3-argument open.

Bryan> How can I use the “safe” 3-argument open and still be able to read off a
Bryan> pipe?

You don’t. 2-arg open has to be good for something.

And 2-arg open is perfectly safe if the second arg is a literal:

open OTHER, “<-" or die; open my $handle, "<-" or die; Don't let anyone tell you "Always use 3-arg open" unless they also footnote it with "unless you have no variables involved". -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095
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