Re: open to a scalar variable

I'm not very familiar with this technique, but try this instead:

open(MESSAGE, "+>>", \$message) or die "no message $!";

open(WHOM, ">>&=", MESSAGE) or die "no whom $!";

open (WHAT, ">>&=", MESSAGE) or die "no what $!";
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If $message is already a reference, try dropping the backslash too.

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