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in reply to checking for a file

if(-e "/bin/do/foo/$targetFile") {
    print "is there!\n";
} else {
    print "someone stoled it...\n";
}

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Re: Re: checking for a file
by Massyn (Hermit) on Aug 02, 2002 at 14:26 UTC
    I'd rather go with 
    if(-f "/bin/do/foo/$targetFile") {
    print "is there!\n";
} else {
    print "someone stoled it...\n";
}

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    to check if it's actually a file (that exists), as the -e may also return true on a directory.
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[d/l]
      Thanks all , I was able to figure it out with the -f ,, thank you again
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