Re: read and write to the same file

What didn't work? Did open succeed? You should be using the '... or die "open failed: $!"' idiom to check that.

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Re^2: read and write to the same file by tachyon (Chancellor) on Oct 26, 2004 at 10:22 UTC
I think what he means is that if you do and open like +> you get RW access BUT you have stomped on the original file (if it existed). +>> is OK as is +< Read more... (758 Bytes)	[reply] [d/l]