Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:37:15 -0500 > Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > >> #!/usr/local/src/test/bin/perl >> >> use strict; >> use warnings; >> use Cwd 'abs_path'; >> >> my $tdir = shift; >> > > You can use `-e` to determine if the path exists and `-d` to determine > if it's a directory. See `perldoc -f -X` and search for /-e/ and /-d/, > http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/-X.html
Thanks, yes.. I knew about -d but was looking to get there in one move.... >From OP: "In the following code I hoped to use `use Cwd abs_path;' to not only produce the absolute path for a named directory but to die if it could not... thereby getting around having to test the named dir with -d ... to make sure it was really a directory in the fs." Note the comment after `not...' So, just thought, why not skip a step. But I see the sense in the discussion brought by Brandon M. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
