Hi all!

I have the following function for openning a file:

sub openFile {

    my ($file, $accessMode) = @_;
    my $err;

    if (! defined($accessMode)) {   # by default, open the file for re
+ading
        $accessMode = $MODE_READ;
    }

    if (exists($ACCESS_MODES{$accessMode})) {
        if (! open(FILE, "$ACCESS_MODES{$accessMode}$file")) {
            $err = $!;
            if (defined($returnOnError)) {
                return $FALSE;
            }
            &throwGenError("Can't open $file: $err");   # throw except
+ion
        }
    } else {
        &throwGenError("In openFile: Wrong access mode $accessMode");
    }
    return FILE;
}
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The problem is when I call it in a function, and before closing the file handler I call another function the also opens a file (another file), for example:

sub func1 {

  my (@fileContent,@temp, @comment);
  my $contentFh = &openFile($file1);

  while (my $line = <$contentFh >) {
    ...
    push(@fileContent,&func2($line));
    ...    
    }
  }
  close($contentFh);
  return \@fileContent;
}

sub func2 {

  my ($user) = @_;
  my @groupsFile;
  my $groupsFh = &openFile($file2);

  @groupsFile = <$groupsFh>;
  close($groupsFh);
  ...
  return @groupsFile;
}
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When calling func1 I get the following errors to screen:

readline() on closed filehandle FILE at /var/www/cgi-bin/lib/myfile.pl
+ line 25.
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It's the leine of the while(). It doesn't happen when I don't call func2 from within func1, I guess the close() call in func2 somehow effects func1.
Anywhy can explain the problem and suggest a solution?

Thanks a lot

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