Open (...$file ...) || die "Oops I died : $@" if (-e $file); Something like that should work
Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Richardson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Where do die messages go? > > > Greetings! > > If I remember correctly, in either Visual C++ or Visual Basic > (or both) there is a way to call open() (or its equivalent) > for appending and to have it fail if the file doesn't > previously exist. Is there a way to do that in Perl? > > Merely curious -- I'm not likely to need this in the near future. > > RobR > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- 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]
