Hi All,
I am trying to convince my coworkers to stop using
system("cp $foo $bar");
system("mv $foo $bar");
to
use File::Copy;
copy($foo,$bar);
move($foo,$bar);
But they just don't listen. What are good arguments to convince them. We only develop on/for unix, so portability is not a good reason.
I though of:
1. The returncodes are correct (1 => OK, 0 => NOK)
2. It prevents forking a new process.
But what else??
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Dr. Mark Ceulemans
Senior Consultant
BMC, Belgium
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