Hi Mario,

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 06:35:55AM +0000, mario kulka wrote:
> Before I upload a file with a random name I would like to make sure that 
> another file with the same name doesn't already exist. Is there a way to 
> look for a specific $name file within a directory (on UNIX).

if( -e $file ){
        print "$file exists\n";
}
else{
        print "$file does not exist\n";
}

There are a slew of -x filetests -- perldoc -f -X lists 'em all.

HTH,
-- 
Michael
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