Re^2: rename works sporadically on windows??

ahh i could kiss you two!

thank you so much for that info, i never would've figured this out myself... i have a pretty rudimentary knowledge of perl, and on top of that i haven't touched it in 4 month

so yeah thanks, should be able to complete this script tonight, saving me hours and hours on sorting music!

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Re^3: rename works sporadically on windows??
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Feb 22, 2006 at 10:46 UTC

C:\>echo >2
C:\>perl -e"open IN, 2 or die $!; warn 'opened';rename 2, 2222 or die 
+$!,$/,$^E"
opened at -e line 1.
Permission denied
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another
+ process at -e line 1.
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