OK. fine
now i am able to write in a temp. file
after this now i want to overwrite the contents of original file with the
contents of temp. file.
why i want the original file because i want to use this original file with
changes in temp. file in my further build steps
please advice
Regards
Irf
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From: Thomas Bätzler <t.baetz...@bringe.com>
To: beginners@perl.org
Cc: Irfan Sayed <irfan_sayed2...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:38:45 PM
Subject: AW: file handle in perl
Irfan Sayed <irfan_sayed2...@yahoo.com> asked:
> i am still not able to modify existing lines in the existing file.
> here is my code
> plz help
It doesn't work that way. Once you open the file for writing, it's truncated
and you can't read the old contents from it anymore.
Why don't you use a temporary new file for the output? Once your transformation
is complete, you would then remove the old file and move the temporary file
into its place.
HTH,
Thomas
