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Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 09:27:29 -0700
Message-Id: <200301031627.h03GRTRQ020947@wolf.cimsoft.com>
From: Robert Mecklenburg <mecklen AT cimsoft DOT com>
To: bonzini AT gnu DOT org
cc: Cygwin Users List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: sed -i problem?

I seem to be having problem with the -i flag in sed 4.0.1 in the
latest cygwin release.  The docs state -i places output in a tmp file
and renames the tmp to the original when finished.  It appears the
rename is not happening for me:

22 OSAKA:$ mkdir /c/temp/sed
23 OSAKA:$ cd cd /c/temp/sed
25 OSAKA:sed$ echo "hi" > hi
26 OSAKA:sed$ sed -i 's/hi/there/' hi
27 OSAKA:sed$ ls
hi  sed000188
28 OSAKA:sed$ cat hi
hi
30 OSAKA:sed$ cat sed000188
there
31 OSAKA:sed$ sed 's/hi/there/' -i hi
32 OSAKA:sed$ ls
hi  sed000188  sed003016
33 OSAKA:sed$ cat sed003016
there
34 OSAKA:sed$ sed --version
GNU sed version 4.0.1
Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
to the extent permitted by law.


Or am I misunderstanding the proper use of the option?  A quick google
search for "gnu sed 4.0.1 -i" revealed no obvious references.  The
news file from 4.0.5 (the most recent on ftp.gnu.org) doesn't mention
the problem or a fix either.

Thanks,
-- 
Robert Mecklenburg


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