Re: overwrite?

On 09/25/2017 09:42 AM, Parrot Raiser wrote: Have you considered simply "touch"ing the file? That updates the timestamp. yes. The way I actually did it forced me to (keep) learn(ing) how to write and read to files. A lot of the things I do, I do the hard way so that I am forced to learn. I

Re: overwrite?

Have you considered simply "touch"ing the file? That updates the timestamp.

Re: overwrite?

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:41 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > I suppose I should say at this point that the purpose of the file > is to be a single line with the date the program was last run > in it. If the current date's month and the month in the file > differ, it triggers an

Re: overwrite?

Problem: I would like to read from the file first before truncating (ro). Is there a way to do this, or should I 1) open the handle with :ro 2) read what I want from it 3) close the handle 4) reopen the handle with :w and overwrite what I want? You have to do it

Re: overwrite?

before truncating (ro). Is there a way to do this, or should I 1) open the handle with :ro 2) read what I want from it 3) close the handle 4) reopen the handle with :w and overwrite what I want? You have to do it the long way. I don't think we expose a

Re: overwrite?

1) open the handle with :ro >2) read what I want from it >3) close the handle > 4) reopen the handle with :w and overwrite what I want? > You have to do it the long way. I don't think we expose a binding to ftruncate() that would let you open it r/.w, red from it, truncate,

overwrite?

Hi All, I want to overwrite a file. Looking at: https://docs.perl6.org/routine/open I see ":truncate". This seems liek it will do the trick. Problem: I would like to read from the file first before truncating (ro). Is there a way to do this, or should I 1) open the handle wit