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in reply to Re: Lock File
in thread Lock File

You actually don't need the latter two lines. Just having either __DATA__ or __END__ will do.

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Re^3: Lock File
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 03, 2010 at 16:38 UTC

    The text after the __DATA__ is required. Without it, the program will stop working as soon as a coworker tries to improve the code. :P