Re: [ID 20000114.001] Perl rename function can delete files

[Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org>]

At 13:30 -0500 2000-01-14, Moss, Jeff wrote:
>There is a problem with the "rename" function in the latest builds
>of ActiveState Perl, dating at least back to build 515.  The system
>I'm running is WinNT 4.0 on Intel with Perl 5.005_03 build 521.
>
>If you use "rename" to change the case of a file name on a network
>volume the file just gets deleted.

Ouch!  That's serious.  I don't run perl on Win* systems myself.  Can 
someone else on the list confirm this behaviour with stable and 
development perls?

>I will be happy to add code to only use this flag when renaming across
>volumes if you can tell me where to send it.

As a reply to this mail.  That'll make it hit the perl5-porters list 
and flag it as related to the initial bug report.  If you can format 
your changes as a UNIX-style patch, so much the better.  But, if you 
can't, send whole modified files either as attachments or (if you 
only touch one file) in the body of the mail.

Thanks.

-- 
Dominic Dunlop

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References to:

"Moss, Jeff" <jmoss@huffmancorp.com>

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