I want the new file to retain the modified and accessed dates of the original file.

Say that sentence out loud to yourself. Say it again and think about what the words mean. Does it sound ridiculous to you too? :-)

Seriously though, why would you want this bizarre behavior? And what about your code doesn't work like you expect? This line looks suspicioius to me:

$new_str = substr($found_file, 0, index($found_file,'.new')) . '.new';

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Try it with "foo" for $found_file and you'll see one aspect that looks suspicious. The other is that if $found_file is "foo.new", then $new_str is also "foo.new" If you wanted them to be different then your rename just made the $new_str file go away.

PerlJam

In reply to Re: Apply mtime and atime to new file by duff
in thread Apply mtime and atime to new file by APA_Perl

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