You might want to check the permissions of those files. The command works fine here. But I guess the mistake is that you're working on Windows, and there you have a back-slash ( \ ) instead of a slash ( / ). Try this:
my ($_path) = "c:\EventLogs"; unlink <$_path/*> if -r $_path; This should work. -tir On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Jorge Goncalvez wrote: > I tried : > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > my ($_path) = "c:/EventLogs/"; > unlink <$_path/*> if -r $_path; > > But it still not working, I have 2 files under the directory when I run this > script they are always here? > > Thanks. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Tirthankar, IGIDR. +91-22-8400919 x275 (r), x593(o), x(542), +91-22-8421206 (r) http://www.igidr.ac.in/~tir He is not here; but far away The noise of life begins again, And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain On the bald street breaks the blank day. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred. (In Memoriam A.H.H). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
