Hi John, Just brilliant, thanks.
Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: John W. Krahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 12:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: over-writing a file > > > Ken Cole wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Hello, > > > I have a file with say the value "02" in it. > > > > I can open the file, lock the file, read the value, > increment the value > > and do a write but the write always appends and never > over-writes the > > exisitng value. I of course then unlock and close. > > > > I do a seek before the write to the beginning of the file, > even checked > > with "tell" and it returns "0",but the following print or syswrite > > always appends. > > > > Why? How do I over-write? > > > perldoc -q "I just want to increment the number in the file" > > > John > -- > use Perl; > program > fulfillment > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
