-e is to check whether the file exists or not(i suppose)
u try it out and reply
regards
MJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig R. McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: a little offtopic
> 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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