of course! thanks! -adam
--- Lyle Kopnicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Peterson wrote: > > >hi, > > > >i'm attempting to open a parent directory that contains many sub > >directories and a few text and .pdf files. i want to test to see if the > >current file/dir is a directory before attempting to open it and test > the > >filenames within it. i'm trying to use -d test but it doesn't seem to > work > >and says that everything is not a dir when it is! i am accessing a > network > >share. > > > > > You have to use the full pathname of the dir you are checking with -d, > unless it is in the current directory. > > Thus, instead of (-d $dir), you need to write (-d "$dirpath\\$dir"). > > -- > Lyle Kopnicky > Software Project Engineer > Veicon Technology, Inc. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
