Hi folks, Thanks for all the replies, I've now finished the script.
Nathan. -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Mattick Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 2:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Q: Basic file operations... Could someone please help, how do I: [1] test whether a file exists before I open? If I use: OPEN(LOGFILE, "file.log") or die "OPEN() failed: $!"; .... I know it failed, but I don't want to 'die', just gracefully terminate the script. [2] invoke Unix command 'rm' (or any other system command) to delete a file I've opened a file, process it, then want to delete it. Thanks in advance, Nat. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]