Name

open

Synopsis

$fh->open(filename[, mode[, perms]])

Opens the newly created filehandle. Accepts one, two, or three parameters. With one parameter, it acts as a frontend for Perl’s built-in open function. With two parameters, the first parameter is a filename, and the second is the open mode, optionally followed by a third parameter, the file permission value.

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