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Re: overwrite a file

by RazorbladeBidet (Friar)
on Apr 01, 2005 at 16:38 UTC ( [id://444297]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to overwrite a file

I'm assuming you're using File::Copy.

What are you trying? I can do the following (where both tmp.pl and tmp.log exist) with no problems: 
perl -MFile::Copy -le 'File::Copy::copy("tmp.log", "tmp.pl");'

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