Seems like the method you use to assign filename doesn't always occur. Maybe you have the my $filename='whatever' in an if statement?
Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.com http://www.pollstar.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ahmed Moustafa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Perl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:02 AM Subject: (-e $filename) gives Use of uninitialized value at... > I'm using (-e $filename) to check the existence of $filename. If the file > exists, it returns true, otherwise it gives 'Use of uninitialized value > at...line #' (# is the line number of the if statement -if ($filename)-. Why > does that happen and how I can fix it, please? > > Thanks in advance. > > --Ahmed > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
