Re^2: Open file without changing modified date/time

Ted,

I followed your approach but wrote my own code to do it. But just in case someone tries to use your code, I think it has a bug. I think the line $_ = <F>; since you will just read one line.

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Re^3: Open file without changing modified date/time by graff (Chancellor) on Dec 08, 2004 at 03:32 UTC
You forgot to notice this line in Ted's code: `$/ = undef;` [download] Look up $/ in perldoc perlvar -- in case you don't know what "slurp mode" is for file reads, that section of the docs will explain it. It's not a bug.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Open file without changing modified date/time by richz (Beadle) on Dec 10, 2004 at 04:45 UTC
Oh, very nifty. No, I did not know about slurp mode and that's why I said I think there is a bug. I learn new things everyday, thanks guys!	[reply]