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Subject: Re: Problems with "sed -i"
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On Apr 20 12:24, fergus wrote:
> I'm having a few problems with sed -i (using the current sed v.4.1.5).
> 
> Unfortunately they only occur when used in a system() call from within a 
> program. That is to say
> 
> 	$ /bin/sed -i 's/expr1/expr2/g' {pathto}/filename
> 
> works fine, but
> 
> 	system("/bin/sed -i 's/expr1/expr2/g' {pathto}/filename")
> 	.. do stuff involving filename ..
> 
> invariably results in error messages of the style
> 
> 	/bin/sed: cannot rename {pathto}//sedEfWWjX: Permission denied

I can't reproduce this.  I tried with removing TMP, TEMP and TMPDIR
from my environment, but it "just works"(tm).  Looks like you have to
debug this a bit more on your own machine.


Corinna

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