I got a to go to check whether the files in @somefiles exist in $filltar
my $fultar = 'something.tgz" @somefiles = qw(xsl/photos_videos.xsl xsl/research.xsl xsl/reviews.xsl xsl/sendemail.xsl xsl/slideshow.xsl xsl/slideshow_details.xsl ); $tar->add_files(@allfiles_excluded); $tar->write( $fultar, 9 ); i also need to test the tar file in , i cant find a option in Archive::Tar , some thing similar to tar -tvf sometar.tgz Can some one help me with this . thanks -- Regards Agnello D'souza -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/