----- Message from "Bakken, Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:24:52 -0500 ----- To: "Walter A Poor Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <beginners@perl.org> Subject: RE: Windows XP Pro vs Windows 2000 >Walter A Poor Jr wrote: > > We have been using perl (ActiveState 5.8.6) on Windows 2000 PCs for a > > year > > > > <snip> > > > > Any ideas on why "rename" now fails, and on how to fix the problem? I > > have already reinstalled perl, but that did not help. > > > > Thanks, > > Walt Poor
> This could be a problem with the permissions of the parent folder to the > ones you are moving from and creating. Does it propagate the permissions > properly? > > Luke Problem solved: Luke asked a sequence of questions after the one shown above, and one of them eventually led me to the critical experiment. To save bandwidth, I will not go into the details here, but will provide them to anyone who sends me a note indicating interest. Thanks, Walt Poor
