Re^3: Intermittent bug in module: File not getting deleted as expected

By the way, the time value appears to always be the same: -1.15740740740741e-05

Interestingly, that appears to be exactly 1 second. But why is it negative?

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Re^4: Intermittent bug in module: File not getting deleted as expected by stevieb (Canon) on Feb 19, 2019 at 18:42 UTC
That, I'm unsure of. From `perldoc -f -X`: `-M Script start time minus file modification time, in days.` [download] Does `File::Spec->catfile()` modify the file mod time by chance? What happens if you put a two second delay in between that line (in the lib), and the `unlink()` call? Does that improve things? I know that's definitely not optimal, but it would be worth a shot especially if you can reliably reproduce the issue locally.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: Intermittent bug in module: File not getting deleted as expected
by stevieb (Canon) on Feb 19, 2019 at 18:42 UTC

That, I'm unsure of. From perldoc -f -X:

-M  Script start time minus file modification time, in days.
[download]

Does File::Spec->catfile() modify the file mod time by chance? What happens if you put a two second delay in between that line (in the lib), and the unlink() call? Does that improve things? I know that's definitely not optimal, but it would be worth a shot especially if you can reliably reproduce the issue locally.

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