Re: Re: checking for a file

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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Re: Re: Re: checking for a file by splitOnce (Acolyte) on Aug 02, 2002 at 14:48 UTC
Thanks all , I was able to figure it out with the -f ,, thank you again	[reply]


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