From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2011-05-11T06:25:11+09:00
Subject: Re: gsub and multiple-replacement

> Here are a few caveats:
> I don't need a temp file.

Yes, you do.

> I am unconcerned with overwriting the username.txt file with itself.

Ok, you still need a tempfile.

Now, if you say you are unconcerned with losing all the data in your 
file, then you don't need a tempfile.

The bottom line is this: you don't replace anything in a file.  Instead, 
you read in the original file, and write out the altered lines to a new 
file.  When you are done, you can delete the original file and rename 
the new file to the old file name.

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