Re: unlink question

On 10/9/25 7:40 PM, William Michels wrote:
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/749558/remove-exact-line-from- 
> file-if-present-leave-the-rest-of-lines-error-handling/749581#749581
> 
> Try the `unlink` line from the U&L StackExchange link above.
> (three-line backup code: `spurt` file to backup copy, `unlink` original, 
>   `copy` backup to original path location):
> 
> `unlink("/path/to/original.txt".IO) if"/path/to/original_bak.txt".IO 
> ~~ :e & :f;`
> 
> HTH, Bill.

Hi Bill.

Thank you for the recommendation!

What I was after was why the first attempt
(if not ...) would randomly not work.

I have fixed the issue with my second attempt.

-T