Daniel Lynn wrote:
> OK, I know this is off-topic, but it's a bit of a pain to go log onto
> other lists and stuff for a question I only have to deal with once, so
> please bear with me.. Does anyone out there know perl and know what this
> line of code means?
>
> if (-e $datafile) {} else { open (DATA, "<<$datafile") ||
> ShowErrMessage("Blah"); }
>
> I have a ecommerce program that I'm having problems with and we've
> narrowed the problem down to this line. I don't really understand what
> the -e is or the open statement... Thanks to anyone that knows and once
> again, sorry for the off-topic question.
>
So you think it's worth bothering 3000 people with your totally wasted message just
so *you* do not have to look up the answer in someplace that might actually have
the answer you want?
PERL questions are a good way to get you banished from this list.
>
> -Daniel
>
Craig McClanahan
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