The -e isif file exist and the -d is if the directory exist. I would have to
agree with your third snip of code.
if (-d $path){&get_on_with_it}
else {&errorMsg}
>From: Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'K.L. Hayes'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: Should I use -e -d or opendir ?
>Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:49:17 -0500
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: K.L. Hayes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:28 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Should I use -e -d or opendir ?
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I've found lot's of info on how to check if a file exists but nothing
> > about checking if a directory exists. I've posted the relevant code
> > below along with 3 variations of how I "think" it might work. If
> > somebody could point to the one that is "correct" or knows of a better
> > way I'd appreciate the help. Thank you.
> >
> > <CODE_SNIP>
> > use constant USER_PATH => '/home/~client/htdocs/clients/';
> > $path = USER_PATH . $personal_key;
> >
> > ## Is This Correct? ##
> > if (-e "$path") {
> > &get_on_with_it }
> > else { &errorMsg }
> >
> > ## Or This? ##
> > opendir(CLIENT, "$path") or die " &errorMsg ";
> > closedir(CLIENT);
> > &get_on_with_it
> >
> > ## Or Is It This? ##
> > if (-d $path) {
> > &get_on_with_it }
> > else { &errorMsg }
> > <!CODE_SNIP>
>
>Probably you just want -d.
>
>-e returns true for plain files, symlinks, sockets, etc. as well as
>for directories, so that's not what you want.
>
>opendir() will fail if you don't have read permission on the directory.
>
>
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