> "Kevin" == Kevin Struckhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kevin> Actually, using glob works easily enough:
Kevin> $file = glob "$DATA_HOME/KeyLinks\*.csv";
Kevin> print $file;
Kevin> print "\n";
Using glob() in a scalar context like that will give you gas, and make
your coding life miserable
t; - Status: $status\n";
&sendEmailAlert($alert);
}
exit 0;
...then elsewhere I had sub sendEmailAlert defined.
Also, I set crontab to run this every 10 minutes.
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From: Kevin Struckhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:24 AM
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Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:59 AM
To: Kevin Struckhoff; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Testing for the existence of a file
Sorry that this is ugly - I wrote it quickly one day...
It checks for the file, and makes sure the date stamp is within 10
minutes. (Date::Manip was ove
Kevin Struckhoff wrote:
> Using Perl 5.6.1 on HP-UX.
>
> I need to test for the existence of a file every day. The filename
> changes each day because the filename contains a data and time stamp.
> For example, today's filename is KeyLinks_082903_120712.csv. So I
> would like to test for KeyLinks*
Using Perl 5.6.1 on HP-UX.
I need to test for the existence of a file every day. The filename
changes each day because the filename contains a data and time stamp.
For example, today's filename is KeyLinks_082903_120712.csv. So I would
like to test for KeyLinks*.csv
My code is as follows:
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