From: "Johnson, Shaunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I am not familiar with using 'if' in a script and I have
> come across a list of new scripts that I now
> have to learn / maintain.  In most of the scripts,
> there are things that begins with if (0).
> 
> Say, for example:
> 
> --[code]
> 
> if (0) {
> $path="$dest/new_local";
> makepath ($path);
> &first(1);
> }
> 
> --[/code]

This is basicaly just a comment. if(0) {...} will be removed from the 
script by the optimizer. 
 
> Also, is 'makepath' an ACTUAL command?  I've never
> seen that before.

Well File::Path contains mkpath(), but I don't know this. Are you 
sure it's not defined elsewhere in the script or any of the modules 
it uses?

Jenda

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