1SelectSaver(3pm)       Perl Programmers Reference Guide       SelectSaver(3pm)
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NAME

6       SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
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SYNOPSIS

9           use SelectSaver;
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11           {
12              my $saver = new SelectSaver(FILEHANDLE);
13              # FILEHANDLE is selected
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15           # previous handle is selected
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18              my $saver = new SelectSaver;
19              # new handle may be selected, or not
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21           # previous handle is selected
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DESCRIPTION

24       A "SelectSaver" object contains a reference to the file handle that was
25       selected when it was created.  If its "new" method gets an extra param‐
26       eter, then that parameter is selected; otherwise, the selected file
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29       When a "SelectSaver" is destroyed, it re-selects the file handle that
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