Re^3: A DWIM too far?

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Re^4: A DWIM too far? by ihb (Deacon) on Jun 18, 2004 at 02:22 UTC
It seems you answered the wrong question. The problem is that you can't be sure to not overwrite a file by renaming it. Your rename subroutine does quite the opposite. Or have I completely misunderstood your reply?	[reply]
Re^5: A DWIM too far? by QM (Parson) on Jun 18, 2004 at 15:52 UTC
I think you misunderstood (at least, I hope I've understood :) Rewriting `rename` to include the `-i` option (or `-y` option for Windoze) will not clobber an existing file (unless the underlying OS function has the same problem with the `-i` option, in which case we're all screwed.) I tried my example out, and it seemed to work as I intended. I'm sure someone has come up with a more robust and useful version. I was just trying to show that it was possible. -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: A DWIM too far? by eric256 (Parson) on Jun 18, 2004 at 16:04 UTC
The /Y operator on windows forces it to overwrite without confirmation /-Y forces confirmation and there is no documented way to force failure when a file exists already. ___________ Eric Hodges	[reply]
Re^7: A DWIM too far? by QM (Parson) on Jun 18, 2004 at 18:48 UTC
Re^7: A DWIM too far? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 18, 2004 at 19:35 UTC
Re^4: A DWIM too far? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 18, 2004 at 01:40 UTC
`GLOBAL::CORE::rename = \&myrename;` [download] Update: The above is wrong! It should be `CORE::GLOBAL::rename = \&myrename;` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algoritm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: A DWIM too far? by QM (Parson) on Jun 18, 2004 at 01:44 UTC
Great! Is it possible to say `sub *GLOBAL::CORE::rename {...}` [download] directly? Or is it a two step process? -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: A DWIM too far? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 18, 2004 at 02:01 UTC
Actually, I got the CORE and GLOBAL the wrong way around. It should be `*GLOBAL::CORE::rename = \&myrename;` [download] Or to do it in one step something like `sub CORE::GLOBAL::rename{ system "ren $_[ 0 ], $_[ 1 ]"; return $? >> 8; }` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algoritm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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