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RE: Perl with -i option removes files
- From: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf dot Habacker at freenet dot de>
- To: "Volker Quetschke" <quetschke at scytek dot de>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:04:56 +0100
- Subject: RE: Perl with -i option removes files
Sorry my finger were pressing the send to key before this mail was ready.
> > Is this a bug or feature?
> >
> > $ cygcheck -c cygwin perl
> > Cygwin Package Information
> > Package Version
> > cygwin 1.3.17-1
> > perl 5.6.1-2
This is a known issue with this perl release, which was fixed in perl 5.8.x.
A workaround is to use a speficic backup extension like perl -pi.bak ...
Regards
Ralf
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