Thanks for this great lesson, I will take account for this on my furture =))
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:20:20 +0800, "LI NGOK LAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yep ! =)
>
> Even though I can't imagine what a path is not file or directory would imply
> more then not exist. But I agree to check the existence for a path by -e
> is
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, LI NGOK LAM wrote:
> if ( -d $path ) { print "Directory" }
> elsif ( -f $path ) { print "File" }
> else { print "Not exist" }
>
> HTH
Cheers all. Think I was trying to be to clever for my own good
RGds
]Rus
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Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: Checking for a directory
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> On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:00:17 +0800, "LI NGOK LAM"
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:00:17 +0800, "LI NGOK LAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> if ( -d $path ) { print "Directory" }
> elsif ( -f $path ) { print "File" }
> else { print "Not exist" }
>
"Not exist" is misleading, just because a file is not a 'pla
> Hi All,
> Just trying to work out the code to test if a path is a
> directory or file. Looked over the stat function but doesn't
> quite seem right. Can someone give me a clue
>
Sure thing:
if(-d $path) { print "$path is adirectory"; }
perldoc -f -d to find out more about file tests
HTH
Dm
-d $dir #if true than is a dir
-f $file #if true than is a regulare file
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> From: Rus Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:39 AM
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> Subject: Checking for a directory
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> Hi All,
> Just trying to work out the cod
if ( -d $path ) { print "Directory" }
elsif ( -f $path ) { print "File" }
else { print "Not exist" }
HTH
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From: "Rus Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:39 PM
Subject: Checking for a directory
> Hi All,
> Just trying t
Example Name Result
-e $a ExistsTrue if file named in $a exists
-r $a Readable True if file named in $a is readable
-w $a Writable True if file named in $a is writable
-d $a Directory True if file named in $a is a directory
-f $a File True if file named in $a is a regular
