Rory Oconnor wrote:
> 
> I need to touch a file with a "1" in it if a condition is true, and
> either toggle the "1" to a "0" or delete the file (whichever is better,
> probably toggle) if another condition is true.  Excuse my
> newbie-ness...but can anyone give me some hints as to the correct syntax
> for that?


if ( $condition_is_true && !-e $file ) {
    open FLAG, "> $file" or die "Cannot create $file: $!";
    close FLAG;

    # process stuff here
    }
elsif ( $another_condition_is_true && -e $file ) {
    unlink $file or die "Cannot delete $file: $!";

    # process stuff here
    }



John
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use Perl;
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