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From: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf DOT Habacker AT freenet DOT de>
To: "Volker Quetschke" <quetschke AT scytek DOT de>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Perl with -i option removes files
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:05:51 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Volker Quetschke
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:35 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Perl with -i option removes files
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Following szenario:
> 
> $ echo abc > testfile
> 
> $ perl -p -i -e 's/b/x/g' testfile
> Can't do inplace edit on testfile: Permission denied.
> 
> $ ls -l testfile
> ls: testfile: No such file or directory
> 
> If I use:
> $ perl -p -i".bak" -e 's/l/x/g' testfile
> 
> I get an unchanged testfile.bak plus a changed testfile.
> 
> Is this a bug or feature?
> 
> $ cygcheck -c cygwin perl
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package             Version
> cygwin              1.3.17-1
> perl                5.6.1-2
> 
> on Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3.
> 
> I also tested this sequence on:
> 
> [q AT unics]~:{349}:$ uname -a
> SunOS unics 5.8 Generic_108528-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
> [q AT unics]~:{351}:$ perl -v
> This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris
> 
> where it doesn't remove the file.
> 
> Bye
>     Volker
> 
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