unrecv: in-place editing

• Here's what I should have done:

     unless (open IN, "< $file") {
       warn "Couldn't open file `$file' for reading: $!; skipping.\n";
       next;
     }
     unless (rename $file, "$file.$$.tmp") {
       warn "Couldn't rename file `$file': $!; skipping.\n";
       next;
     }
     unless (open OUT, "> $file") {
       warn "Couldn't open file `$file' for writing: $!; skipping.\n";
       rename "$file.$$.tmp", $file 
           or die "Couldn't restore $file.$$.tmp to $file: $!;
            ABORTING";

     }
     ...
     unlink "$file.$$.tmp";

• I suppose it would have been cleverer to use Perl's -i.bak feature:

        local $^I = "";
        while (<>) {
          ...
        }

• I wish I had thought of it at the time

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