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From: rboudrie@xenna.encore.com (Rob Boudrie)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: File copy operation in Perl
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Date: 25 Sep 90 15:07:47 GMT
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Reply-To: rboudrie@xenna.encore.com (Rob Boudrie)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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I am writing a perl utiltiy which will need to execute various file copy
applications.  My options appear to be limited to :

-> Open the file from file as well as the to file and do a read/write
   pairs in a loop (clumsy!)

-> create a temporary script file and invoke it with "exec"

Does anyone know of a way for Perl to do a fiel copy operation and return
to the perl application?  I tired using exec("cp fromfile tofile");, but the
flow did not return to perl after executing the copy command.

Please mail me any suggestions you may have.
Thanks,
Rob Boudrie
rboudrie@encore.com
Robert Boudrie        rboudrie@encore.com       Encore Computer, Marlborough MA