Jerry Preston wrote: > > Hi! Hello,
> I am trying to determine if a is linked or not. I am using the following: If you have a file and you want to determine if another file is linked to it then you will have to search through all files on your system to find it/them. If you find a symbolic link using -l you can determine what it links to with the readlink() function. > if( -f "$fp/$program" ) { > print "2 programs $program*\n"; ^ File globs don't work in strings. > $programs{ program }{ $program } = "$fp/$program"; > } > > and > > if( -l "$fp/$program" ) { > print "2 programs $program*\n"; > $programs{ program }{ $program } = "$fp/$program"; > } > > I get the same result for two files! One is linked and the other is not. Could you please rephrase your problem more clearly. I don't understand what you are trying to do here. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]