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The present author jointly with \textit{E. Giuli} proved (preprint) that if a closure operator \(C\) in a topological category is idempotent, weakly hereditary, finitely productive and stable, then a map \(f\) is \(C\)-perfect iff it is \(C\)-preserving and point inverses of \(f\) are \(C\)-compact. It is shown here that in the category of pretopological spaces (i.e., Čech closure spaces) the previous characterization of \(C\)-perfectness is not valid, but remains true if one uses a stronger property for fibers, namely a \(C\)-rigidity (then finite productivity of \(C\) suffices for the result). It is also shown that in the investigated category the idempotency of \(C\) is necessary for keeping ``\(C\)-compactness'' of fibers in the result. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0935.00020].