Hi All,
Just trying to work out the code to test if a path is a directory or file.
Looked over the stat function but doesn't quite seem right. Can someone
give me a clue
thanks
Rus
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file
-T $a Text File True if file named in $a is a text file
so:
if (-d $filename) {
print '$filename$ is a directory\n;
}
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if ( -d $path ) { print Directory }
elsif ( -f $path ) { print File }
else { print Not exist }
HTH
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Hi All,
Just trying to work out
-d $dir #if true than is a dir
-f $file #if true than is a regulare file
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Hi All,
Just trying to work out the code
Hi All,
Just trying to work out the code to test if a path is a
directory or file. Looked over the stat function but doesn't
quite seem right. Can someone give me a clue
Sure thing:
if(-d $path) { print $path is adirectory; }
perldoc -f -d to find out more about file tests
HTH
Dmuey
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:00:17 +0800, LI NGOK LAM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if ( -d $path ) { print Directory }
elsif ( -f $path ) { print File }
else { print Not exist }
Not exist is misleading, just because a file is not a 'plain' file or a
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:00:17 +0800, LI NGOK LAM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if ( -d $path ) { print Directory }
elsif ( -f $path ) { print
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, LI NGOK LAM wrote:
if ( -d $path ) { print Directory }
elsif ( -f $path ) { print File }
else { print Not exist }
HTH
Cheers all. Think I was trying to be to clever for my own good
RGds
]Rus
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:20:20 +0800, LI NGOK LAM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yep ! =)
Even though I can't imagine what a path is not file or directory would imply
more then not exist. But I agree to check the existence for a path by -e
is the
Thanks for this great lesson, I will take account for this on my furture =))
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