On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 06:35:55AM +0000, mario kulka wrote:

> Before I upload a file with a random name I would like to make sure that 
> another file with the same name doesn't already exist. Is there a way to 
> look for a specific $name file within a directory (on UNIX).

To check whether a file exists, use -e.

perldoc -f -X

die "$file exists" if -e $file;

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