Hello-
I get the error both when it is quoted and when it is not. It still works,
and I guess this is just a notification, but I was hoping there might be a
more correct way.
Thanks!
David "Not quite a Saint" Kenneally
>David,
>Verily, on Wednesday June 13, 2001, the Sainted David Kenneally spake:
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
>
> opendir DIRH, "/home/dwk/test" or die "can't open it: $!\n";
> @allfiles = readdir DIRH;
> closedir DIRH;
> foreach $temp (@allfiles) {
> if (-M $temp < "0.5") {
> print "$temp\n";
> } else {
> print "$temp is older than 12 hours\n";
> }
> }
Looks to me as the though the problem is with your comparison.
Enclosing "0.5" in quotes forces Perl to treat the 0.5 as a
string rather than a number. This is called "stringification"
and is an easy mistake to make.
I should stress that I'm not certain this is causing your
problem. However, I *am* certain that doing this is not
the best practice, and I highly recommend that you quote
things only when absolutely necessary.
Short answer: remove the quotes from "0.5" and try it
again. :)
HTH,
John
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System Administrator, InfoStructure, Ashland OR USA
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