perlquestion ghenry <p><b>Update:</b> I asked this in the CB, but wanted to keep a record of it here for other inexperienced Monks like myself.</p> <p>In [id://469561] yesterday, I did the classic <c>or die</c> whilst opening a file, as per most code I've ever seen.</p>However, in the [http://perldoc.perl.org/index-faq.html|perlfaq], [http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq5.html#How-can-I-read-in-an-entire-file-all-at-once%3f|How can I read in an entire file all at once?] I see a lot of <c>|| die</c></p> <p>In [id://469561], I use:</p><p><c>open( RPMS, "<", "./upgrade.log" ) or die "can't open file: $!\n";</c></p><p>but in [http://perldoc.perl.org/perlopentut.html#Simple-Opens|perlopentut - Simple Opens] it shows</p><p><c>open( INFO, ">", $datafile ) || die "Can't create $datafile: $!";</c></p> <p>Which way is the best and why?</p> <p>Thanks,<br/>Gavin.</p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-386673"> <small>Walking the road to enlightenment... I found a penguin and a camel on the way.....<br/> Fancy a yourname@perl.me.uk? Just ask!!!</small> </div></div>