cvs commit: perlfaq perlfaq5.pod

cvsuser     02/02/11 11:30:21

  Modified:    .        perlfaq5.pod
  Log:
  remove some unix bias
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.9       +7 -13     perlfaq/perlfaq5.pod
  
  Index: perlfaq5.pod
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  RCS file: /home/perlcvs/perlfaq/perlfaq5.pod,v
  retrieving revision 1.8
  retrieving revision 1.9
  diff -u -w -r1.8 -r1.9
  --- perlfaq5.pod	28 Jan 2002 04:17:26 -0000	1.8
  +++ perlfaq5.pod	11 Feb 2002 19:30:21 -0000	1.9
  @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
   =head1 NAME
   
  -perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
  +perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2002/02/11 19:30:21 $)
   
   =head1 DESCRIPTION
   
  @@ -607,24 +607,18 @@
   
   =head2 How can I reliably rename a file?
   
  -Well, usually you just use Perl's rename() function.  That may not
  -work everywhere, though, particularly when renaming files across file systems.
  -Some sub-Unix systems have broken ports that corrupt the semantics of
  -rename()--for example, WinNT does this right, but Win95 and Win98
  -are broken.  (The last two parts are not surprising, but the first is. :-)
  -
  -If your operating system supports a proper mv(1) program or its moral
  +If your operating system supports a proper mv(1) utility or its functional
   equivalent, this works:
   
       rename($old, $new) or system("mv", $old, $new);
   
  -It may be more compelling to use the File::Copy module instead.  You
  -just copy to the new file to the new name (checking return values),
  -then delete the old one.  This isn't really the same semantically as a
  -real rename(), though, which preserves metainformation like
  +It may be more portable to use the File::Copy module instead.
  +You just copy to the new file to the new name (checking return
  +values), then delete the old one.  This isn't really the same
  +semantically as a rename(), which preserves meta-information like
   permissions, timestamps, inode info, etc.
   
  -Newer versions of File::Copy exports a move() function.
  +Newer versions of File::Copy export a move() function.
   
   =head2 How can I lock a file?