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Re: [Omaha.pm] rename, link



On 5/19/06, Andy Lester <andy@petdance.com> wrote:
>
> So I wonder if its better to just system() out to "mv" on Linux if I
> don't care about portability?
>
>   @sysargs = ('mv', "$outbound/$file",
> "/datamining/intrasight/CRS/archive");
>   system (@sysargs);

Yes.


Andy,

Can you explain why it's better than File::Copy's mv? Just curious,
that's all. I'm using mv in one of my programs, although for the life
of me I can't remember why I decided to use it instead of 'system'.

Thanks,
Dave