Robert Collins wrote:
>Oh, new thought - what does ActiveState perl do in the same
>circumstance? (-i , no extension)
I haven't tried it (yet), but based on my reading of the
code, you'll get this error "Can't do inplace edit
without backup".
>reagarding the cygwin error - is there some reason you
>can't assume a .orig extension for the cygwin platform?
>Or even use a temp backup extension and then unlink the
>backup file when finished?
>
>I'm just thinking along maximum transparency for all
>the unix scripts out there.
I agree, I'll see what's possible when I'm working up
a patch.
Regards,
Eric Fifer
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