I just tested open using "+<file" syntax, and it worked for me. This is FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE on i386, perl 5.005_3. I suggest giving similar details about your configuration -- maybe someone's heard of similar problems (though to be honest I suspect the error is in your code, not in the OS or perl). Showing some code that doesn't do what you'd expect would help a lot as well.

As an aside, I'm assuming that you're using the "different instances" you refer to because you are having problems with open. If not (i.e. if you're going to be using multiple instances regardless of whether open behaves or not), have you looked at flock? (If you use flock, keep in mind that its locks are only advisory, so a completely different process can just clobber it.)

hdp.

In reply to Re: FreeBSD reading/writing workaround? by hdp
in thread FreeBSD reading/writing workaround? by Anonymous Monk

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