On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 08:48:08AM -0500, Prabhu, Vrunda P (UMC-Student) wrote:
> I have the following code:
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> open Fin, "mockalias";
Always check your open calls:
open Fin, "mockalias" or die("Unable to open file \"mockalias\": \l$!.\n");
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> My question is the following: When one gives the update, delete commands,
> is the file mockalias also accordingly updated? (MY file seems to not have
> any changes).
Yes, the file should be updated as you make modifications to the hash. How
did you go about verifying these changes weren't being made?
> Once, the hash ALIAS is "untied", should one then rewrite to the file from
> the hash?
Um, no, that's the entire point of tying; any modifications of the hash are
applied to the file.
Michael
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