On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 9:44 AM, JuhiMarcel LangbroekTimmerman < mt195...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As a side note I would test for existence only using .e because a > directory could exist by that same name. Method .f would return False > following an attempt to create a file which will fail. Depends what you're trying to do. Guarantee that the file exists, and is a file? Then test with .f, and let the creation attempt throw an exception. Guarantee that a file or directory exists? Then test with .e, as you suggest. Guarantee that a file or directory exists, and update the atime and mtime, as touch(1) would? Uh, hang on, ought $filename.IO.modified et al to be mutable? :) (Eh, 99% of the time, I'd just shell out in this case.) Eirik
