Timothy J. Massey wrote: > for ( my $i = 0 ; ; $i++ ) { > $reqFileName = "archiveReq.$$.$i"; > last if ( !-f "$TopDir/pc/$archivehost/$reqFileName" ); > } > > The last digit is generated by loop to the first digit that doesn't > already exist in a file (in case you have stacked up more than one > archive job). Seeing as I don't know perl, I can't figure out what the > "$$" does, and trying to google for "perl $$" doesn't help... > The $$ should be the pid (process ID) of the perl script which is running at the time - ie, a unique number at this instant. Regards, Adam
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