I need to read and write to a file before allowing the anyone else to read or write. I found this on the web.. but it does not work...maybe its my version of perl?
http://htmlfixit.com/cgi-tutes/tutorial_Perl_Primer_011_File_manipulation_with_Perl.php File Operation modes: open: <$file&path Read access only (The same as not specifying a mode.) >$file&path Write access, create if nonexistant, and overwrite existing data. >>$file&path Write access, append to existing data. +<$file&path Read and Write only, no file creation/appending. Overwrite existing data. <<<<<<<<<<< I tried this one +>$file&path Read, Write, Create, overwrites rather then appending. +>>$file&path Read, Write, Create, Append, no overwriting. | SYSCOMMAND Write data to external command only. SYSCOMAND | Read data from external command only. Anyone know about this? or can I just: #Open to read open (DataFile, "$_[0]")||die "Sorry, I can't open $_[0]\n"; flock (DataFile,2); @Data =<DataFile>; #open to write open DataFile, ">$_[0]")||DieNice3("Can't write to $_[0]"); flock (DataFile,2); foreach $Data(@Data) { print DataFile "$Data\n"; } close (DataFile)||die "Sorry, I can't close $_[0]\n"; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
