Re: Removing the first record in a file containing fixed records

Why not have whatever creates this file instead create two files? name.header would contain the first line, while name.data would have the balance of the file.

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Re^2: Removing the first record in a file containing fixed records by cdarke (Prior) on Jul 18, 2008 at 08:15 UTC
If you are using Windows then store the control information in an ADS - "Additional Data Stream". This is just an ordinary file associated with the original. An ADS is identified by a ':' followed by the stream name, for example: `open (my $handle, '>', $filename.':redtape') or die ...` [download] Perl is happy reading/writing ADS files just like any other. Gotchas: ADS files are not visible using Windows Explorer, dir, glob, or readdir (see Win32-StreamNames) ADS require NTFS 5 or later (not FAT)	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: Removing the first record in a file containing fixed records
by cdarke (Prior) on Jul 18, 2008 at 08:15 UTC

open (my $handle, '>', $filename.':redtape') or die ...
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