*-i*[*extension*] -i"\.sed"
but wow, nice way to destroy file. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Marc Espie <[email protected]> wrote: > $ cat goodfilename > coincoin > > $ perl -pi -e 's/toto/tutu/' goodfilename > works > > $ cp goodfilename /tmp > $ perl -pi -e 's/toto/tutu/' /tmp/goodfilename > Can't do inplace edit on goodfilename: File exists. > $ cat /tmp/goodfilename > cat: /tmp/goodfilename: No such file or directory. > > ktrace shows a disturbing lack of Unix semantics: > .... > 15350 perl CALL open(0x1850b9e863f0,0<O_RDONLY>) > 15350 perl NAMI "goodfilename" > 15350 perl RET open 3 > ... > 15350 perl CALL unlink(0x1850b9e86a00) > 15350 perl NAMI "goodfilename" > 15350 perl RET unlink 0 > 15350 perl CALL > open(0x1850b9e868e0,0xa01<O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL>,0x180<S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR>) > 15350 perl NAMI "goodfilename" > 15350 perl RET open -1 errno 17 File exists > > > err... > > simply put: > > #include <fcntl.h> > #include <unistd.h> > #include <stdio.h> > > int > main() > { > if (open("fucked_up", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) == -1) > perror("open"); > if (unlink("fucked_up") != 0) > perror("unlink"); > if (open("fucked_up", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0666) == -1) > perror("reopen"); > return 0; > } > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\
