#!./perl print "1..5\n"; my $j = 1; for $i ( 1,2,5,4,3 ) { $file = mkfiles($i); open(FH, "> $file") || die "can't create $file: $!"; print FH "not ok " . $j++ . "\n"; close(FH) || die "Can't close $file: $!"; } { local *ARGV; local $^I = '.bak'; local $_; @ARGV = mkfiles(1..3); $n = 0; while (<>) { print STDOUT "# initial \@ARGV: [@ARGV]\n"; if ($n++ == 2) { other(); } show(); } } $^I = undef; @ARGV = mkfiles(1..3); $n = 0; while (<>) { print STDOUT "#final \@ARGV: [@ARGV]\n"; if ($n++ == 2) { other(); } show(); } sub show { #warn "$ARGV: $_"; s/^not //; print; } sub other { print STDOUT "# Calling other\n"; local *ARGV; local *ARGVOUT; local $_; @ARGV = mkfiles(5, 4); while (<>) { print STDOUT "# inner \@ARGV: [@ARGV]\n"; show(); } } sub mkfiles { my @files = map { "scratch$_" } @_; return wantarray ? @files : $files[-1]; } END { unlink map { ($_, "$_.bak") } mkfiles(1..5) }