On Sep 21, 3:48 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sep 20, 9:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > On Sep 20, 2:54 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Dixon) wrote:
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> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > > > I am currently trying to write a Perl program in a Solaris 9
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> > > > I am try
On 9/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> $dir_to_check = `echo $dir_to_check`;
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> if (-e $dir_to_check) now finds the appropriate directory.
Does it really? When $dir_to_check ends with a newline? Surely you jest.
But just for fun
my $dir_to_check = 'fred; rm /your/favo
On Sep 20, 9:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sep 20, 2:54 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Dixon) wrote:
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> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > > I am currently trying to write a Perl program in a Solaris 9
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> > > I am trying to process a list of variables with UNIX environmen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sep 20, 2:54 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Dixon) wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am currently trying to write a Perl program in a Solaris 9
environment
I am trying to process a list of variables with UNIX environment
variables embedded in them of the form
$dir_to_
On Sep 20, 2:54 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Dixon) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > I am currently trying to write a Perl program in a Solaris 9
> > environment
> > I am trying to process a list of variables with UNIX environment
> > variables embedded in them of the form
> > $dir_to_check =
--- Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > It's `-d dir` for directory exist test.
> > `-e` is for file exist test.
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> Not really. It's
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> -e for item exists
> -d for item exists and is a directory
> -f for item exists and is a plain file
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Sorry,my mistake.You're right.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am currently trying to write a Perl program in a Solaris 9
environment
I am trying to process a list of variables with UNIX environment
variables embedded in them of the form
$dir_to_check = "$ENV_VAR1/some_dir/$ENV_VAR2/another_dir";
and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am currently trying to write a Perl program in a Solaris 9
environment
I am trying to process a list of variables with UNIX environment
variables embedded in them of the form
$dir_to_check = "$ENV_VAR1/some_dir/$ENV_VAR2/another_dir";
and I am trying to find if another
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am currently trying to write a Perl program in a Solaris 9
> environment
> I am trying to process a list of variables with UNIX environment
> variables embedded in them of the form
> $dir_to_check = "$ENV_VAR1/some_dir/$ENV_VAR2/another_dir";
> and I am trying to
