"R. Joseph Newton" wrote:
> 
> "John W. Krahn" wrote:
> >
> > rename $file, "$file.bak" or die "Cannot move $file to $file.bak: $!";
> 
> I would say that this is the wrong place for the rename.  Computers do crash.
> If a crash occurs while this program  is in progress, then he is left with a
> renamed original.  Better to succesfully complete the processing, and then
> rename the output file to the nput filename.  I use .tmp instead of .bak when
> doing this, since that better revflects the sequence.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, remember TMTOWTDI.  :-)


John
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