I am using notepad as my editor . My code is like this:

              if (IsEmptyDir($directory) = = 0 ) {
                   $message = "The directory $directory is empty";
                   system( "k:\\psgdev\\design\\tools\\writestatus
$STATUSDBF E \"$message\"") && die "Unable to write to $STATUSDBF";
               }



When I copied and pasted to the mail it turned to be like : (the whitespace
is gone)

if (IsEmptyDir($directory) == 0 ) {
                   $message = "The directory $directory is empty";
                   system( "k:\\psgdev\\design\\tools\\writestatus
$STATUSDBF E \"$message\"") && die "Unable to write to $STATUSDBF";
               }
               else {
                     print "Copying : $DATABLD\\$srcfile to
$mergedir\\$destfile\...n";
       system( "ncopy $DATABLD\\$srcfile $outputdir\\$destfile") &&
HandleError( "Unable to copy
$KDIR\\$rundir\\data\\$docid\\databld\\$srcfile\n");
               }

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:35 PM
Subject: RE: Is empty directory?


Sure:

W:\>type test.pl
sub IsDir { return 1 }
if ( IsDir() = = 1 ) { print "true" }
else                 { print "false" }

W:\>perl test.pl
syntax error at test.pl line 2, near "= ="
Execution of test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

W:\>perl -v

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P.S.  Although our initials are the same, I am not related to Jair :)

-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Krahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is empty directory?


Jair Santos wrote:
>
> From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Jair Santos wrote:
> > >
> > > From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > $ perl -le'
> > > > sub IsDir { return 1 }
> > > > if ( IsDir() = = 1 ) { print "true" }
> > > > else                 { print "false" }
> > > > '
> > > > syntax error at -e line 3, near "= ="
> > > > Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
> > >
> > > Is it a DOS or UNIX box ? Mine is DOS and it works.
> >
> > It is a Perl syntax error so it shouldn't matter which OS you run it

> > on.  What version of Perl are you running?
>
> ActivePerl 5.8

Can anyone else on the list confirm or deny that this is a syntax error
with Perl5.8 on Windows as I have neither to test it with.


John
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