On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 12:35:38PM +0530, sharan wrote: > Hello, > > I lost my files, while using perl -pi -e. > I wanted to replace a world in a set of files, "perl -pi -e > 's/somestring/somethingelse/g' *.pl" > but, it gave error saying permission denied and all the files got deleted. > > If it cant rewrite the files, at least it should not delete.
Hi Sharan, Take a look at this document for a detailed explanation of what is happeneing. http://www.perl.com/doc/FMTEYEWTK/file-dir-perms -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
