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Re: Safe File Handling

by vek (Prior)
on Nov 06, 2005 at 07:26 UTC ( [id://506087]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Safe File Handling

The -e filetest will give you what you need. 

my $filename = 'somefilename';

if (-e $filename) {
   print "File $filename already exists.\n";
} else {
   # create the file here...
}

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