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Re: [MacPerl] Writable file test broken?



At 23.51 -0400 1998.09.28, Mat Marcus wrote:
>When I use the '-w' file test on a soft-locked file I get back 'true'. What
>is the recommended way to test mac file writability?

  if (open(FILE, ">$file")) {
     # $file is writable :)
  }

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