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I knew there had to be a reason!<br><br>
At 2004/02/26 09:06 AM, Oskar Pearson wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi<br><br>
<br>
> Why use move - couldn't you just use rename
("/tmp/balsa.tmp", $file )?<br><br>
<br>
Check out "man perlfunc". The "move" command will
work across<br>
different mount points (so that if your /tmp directory is<br>
on a different filesystem to the files you are manipulating,<br>
it will still work in all cases on all systems).<br><br>
rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME<br>
Changes the name of a file; an existing file NEWNAME will<br>
be clobbered. Returns true for success, false other
wise.<br><br>
Behavior of this function varies wildly depending on your<br>
system implementation. For example, it will usually not<br>
work across file system boundaries, even though the system mv<br>
command sometimes compensates for this. Other restrictions<br>
include whether it works on directories, open files, or<br>
pre-existing files. Check perlport and either the rename(2)<br>
manpage or equivalent system documentation for details.<br><br>
<br>
> At 2004/02/26 06:12 AM, Nico Coetzee wrote:<br>
> ># but first make a backup copy:<br>
> >
43 my $bakfile=
$file . ".bak";<br>
> >
44 rename( $file,
$bakfile );<br>
> >
45 move(
"/tmp/balsa.tmp", $file );<br>
> >
46 if( -e $file )
{<br>
> > 47<br>
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