From: perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com
[mailto:perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com] On Behalf Of Greg
Aiken
Sent: 07 June 2012 23:08
To: Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.activestate.com
Subject: win32 and modifying a file
> dear win32 perl users, ive never actually known
Forgive me for being dense here for a moment, but isn't it the case
that in any text file, or any kind of file for that matter, editing in
place is overwriting data in subsequent bytes ? So every single time I
had to modify the middle of a file I had to do exactly what you
describe.
It has not
> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 15:08:08 -0700
> Subject: win32 and modifying a file
> From: gai...@visioninfosoft.com
> To: Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.activestate.com
>
> dear win32 perl users, ive never actually known how to 'modfiy' a file
> using perl on win32
-8<---
> PS. Not sure that this is of any help to you as I ended up having two files.
> But at least it may illustrate some more power in Perl.
-8<---
Windows doesn't allow in place editing, so on DOS you're left with an
extra move
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> From: perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com [mailto:perl-
> win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com] On Behalf Of Greg Aiken
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 4:08 PM
> To: Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.activestate.com
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] win32 and modify
