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Not a GLOB reference

 
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Hi,

I wrote the following code:




However, when I run the script I get the following error:Not a GLOB reference at file.pl line 13.
Line 13 is the bold line in the code. I looked for explainations, and I didn't find anything :-(
 
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I think it's saying that "example.gz" is not a compressed file.
 
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Reading up on Compress:Zlib, I don't think $fh is a file handle; I think it's a reference to an object. Try:

 
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Knute Snortum, thanks a lot! it really helped me.
I'm new to perl so I don't know exactly what is a reference, but for now it resolved my problem.
 
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