From: "Scott Lutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Re : perldoc -q "I just want to increment the number in the file"
>
> How does one find (out about) these obscure perldoc functions?
> My word!
The of-so-usual -h option gives you information on perldoc's ussage:
perldoc [options] PageName|ModuleName|P
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,
>
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From: John W. Krahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: March 8, 2002 6:08 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 va
Anette Seiler wrote:
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> I encountered exactly the same problem today: How to read a file
> AND change something in it? I was not able to do both of them at
> the same time.
>
> I am sure there is a more correct way to do it, but my solution (in
> the spirit of TIMTOWTDI) was to wri
Hi Ken,
I encountered exactly the same problem today: How to read a file
AND change something in it? I was not able to do both of them at
the same time.
I am sure there is a more correct way to do it, but my solution (in
the spirit of TIMTOWTDI) was to write to a temporary file and then
ren
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 se
