use the -e operator... C:\>perl -e "print qq(file exists!) if -e 'c:\autoexec.bat'"
Output: file exists! perldoc -f -e will tell you more. Matt --- Arran4 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do i find out if a file exists in ActivePerl? > > > From: Arran > ======= > It is obvious: > The only program that parses Perl is perl, and to really be > Perl you also have to be perl. The easiest way to turn > Perl code into an executable is to embed the perl interpreter! > > song: "If you are sexy and you know it clap your hands" > Me: im going to go have to sit this one out... > > If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the > first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization. > > We are the out casts of society, but when they relise its the out casts that > create society, we will fall. > > Everything I know about thermal expansion I learnt from Neon Genesis > Evangelion! > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
