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Re: [MacPerl] Writable file test broken?

So why doesn't -w work?

Stewart

>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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