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unlink <$_path/*> if -r $_path; This will work. HTH, -tir > Hi, I wanted to delete all files under a directory but not the directory > I tried this: > my ($_path) = "c:/EventLogs/"; > unlink $_path if -r $_path; > > But it didn't delete teh files which are under the directory Eventslogs > Why? > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Tirthankar, IGIDR. +91-22-8400919 x275 (r), x593(o), x(542), +91-22-8421206 (r) http://www.igidr.ac.in/~tir XVII Thou comest, much wept for: such a breeze Compell'd thy canvas, and my prayer Was as the whisper of an air To breathe thee over lonely seas. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred. (In Memoriam A.H.H.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]