There's actually even a perl function called "rename" that does just
this. Here's some good reading for you. Maybe from there you can
look up other stuff when you have questions.
http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rename.html
Aimee Mostella Cardena
Irfan Sayed wrote:
> OK. fine
> now i am able to write in a temp. file
>
> after this now i want to overwrite the contents of original file with the
> contents of temp. file.
> why i want the original file because i want to use this original file
> with changes in temp. file in my further build s
Irf
From: Thomas Bätzler
To: beginners@perl.org
Cc: Irfan Sayed
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:38:45 PM
Subject: AW: file handle in perl
Irfan Sayed asked:
> i am still not able to modify existing lines in the existing file.
> here is my code
> plz
Irfan Sayed asked:
> i am still not able to modify existing lines in the existing file.
> here is my code
> plz help
It doesn't work that way. Once you open the file for writing, it's truncated
and you can't read the old contents from it anymore.
Why don't you use a temporary new file for the o
