> my $result = ! $t->cmd( "test -f $testFile ; echo $?" );

Doesnt work.  (makes no difference)



--- "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff Westman wrote:
> > 
> > How do you check if a file exists on a remote server using Net::Telnet ?
> > 
> > I have tried:
> > 
> > $testFile = "/tmp/noFileExistsHere";
> > 
> > $result = $t->cmd("test -f $testFile ; print $? ");
> > $result = $t->cmd("test -f $testFile && print 1 || print 0");
> > $result = $t->cmd("if [ -f $testFile ] ;then print 1; else print 0; fi");
> > 
> > and $result ALWAYS contains 1.
> > 
> > The only way I can think of is:
> > 
> > $result = $t->cmd("ls -l $testFile");
> > 
> > then checking $result for an error message.
> > 
> > Any better solutions?
> 
> test like most command line tools returns zero for true and non-zero for
> false so try this:
> 
> my $result = ! $t->cmd( "test -f $testFile ; echo $?" );
> 
> 
> 
> John
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