On Nov 10, 2016, at 2:30 AM, jaceke <jac...@op.pl> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> how can I check if file exist or not ?
>
> Here's a short test/example:
>
> if (-e '/etc/passwd')
> {
> printf "File exist !\n";
> } else {
> printf "File not exist !\n";
> }
>
> That works great !
>
> but next a short test/example:
>
> my $f1 = '/etc/passwd';
>
> if (-e $f1)
> {
> printf "File exist !\n";
> } else {
> printf "File not exist !\n";
> }
>
> and that NOT working ! Why ?
>
> I use quotes because my path contain special characters.
Both of those versions work on my system. There is no reason for the version
using a scalar variable holding the file path not to work.
Can you post a complete, short, working program that you think does not work?
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