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

From: "Konovalov, Vadim" <vkonovalov@lucent.com>
To: Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org>, "Moss, Jeff" <jmoss@huffmancorp.com>
Cc: perl5-porters@perl.org
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:21:49 +0300
Message-ID: <402099F49BEED211999700805FC7359F3A720F@ru0028exch01.spb.lucent.com>

>>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 do confirm this behaviour for 5.005_63 and ActiveState perl 5.005_03,
build 522
(file gets deleted) and confirm that *no* such effect for 5.004_02.

Good luck,
Vadim

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