Re: Re: Re: Text file Update problem!

[davido]

post-process: Post, in this context means after the fact. Process, in this context means to perform operations on data. Put it together and you get "perform operations on your data after the fact."

What he's saying is that rather than trying to write to two different places in a flat file, you might just be better off sorting it out later, when you need to look at the data. Perl's great at practical reporting and extraction of data.