Charles Farinella wrote: > > I need to look at a directory for about 90 seconds, and if a certain > file shows up, do something with it. A pointer to a man page or any > reference would be appreciated.
If you know the file name in advance then use one of the file test operators like -e or maybe -s: perldoc -f -X Or you could use stat or open which will return undef and report an error through $! if the file does not exist. perldoc -f stat perldoc -f open If you only know part of the file name you could use glob or opendir/readdir. perldoc -f glob perldoc -f opendir perldoc -f readdir John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
