flock monks,

I am working on Windows. My script has a BEGIN block 

BEGIN {
  $0 =~ /^(.*)\\([^\\]*)\.pl$/;
  our ($path, $prog) = ($1, $2);
  open(STDERR, ">>$path/$prog.err") or die "invisible error";
  warn "$0 started ". localtime() . $/;
}

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Besides the .err created above, I also have a .log to which I write other conversational stuff.

Further in my code I have a little homespun log rotation snippet. Essentially, if .err or .log filesize is more than a preset value, I move it to a "backlogs" directory (using File::Copy::move) and create a new one.

The script is able to do the above to the .log file, but fails with "Permission denied" error for the .err file. I am guessing that is because the Perl process is not letting go of the .err file.

What can I do to coax the .err file out of the program's hand so that the program can archive it and start another one?

In anticipation...

--

when small people start casting long shadows, it is time to go to bed

In reply to Getting around a possible file lock by punkish

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