Name

open

Synopsis

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

Description

Opens the newly-created filehandle. Accepts one, two, or three parameters. With one parameter, it acts as a front-end 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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