# Open in their package. sub cacheout'open { open($_[0], $_[1]); } # But only this sub name is visible to them. sub cacheout { package cacheout; ($file) = @_; if (!$isopen{$file}) { if (++$numopen > $maxopen) { local(@lru) = sort {$isopen{$a} <=> $isopen{$b};} keys(%isopen); splice(@lru, $maxopen / 3); $numopen -= @lru; for (@lru) { close $_; delete $isopen{$_}; } } &open($file, ($saw{$file}++ ? '>>' : '>') . $file) || die "Can't create $file: $!\n"; } $isopen{$file} = ++$seq; } package cacheout; $seq = 0; $numopen = 0; if (open(PARAM,'/usr/include/sys/param.h')) { local($.); while () { $maxopen = $1 - 4 if /^\s*#\s*define\s+NOFILE\s+(\d+)/; } close PARAM; } $maxopen = 16 unless $maxopen; 1; .