And after that, we will make a NewerCopy.pm
that also take umask into consideration
(which is what cp does)? And after that, we
make a EverNewerCopy which supports the -p
option?
My point wasn't that File::Copy needs fixing.
My point is that the choice between shelling out to do
something and using a Perl solution isn't as simple as
it is sometimes suggested, and that people should be
trigger happy and reply "Why don't you use Perl for that"
if someone shows code where shell commands are being used.
Abigail
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