On Tuesday 31 Aug 2004 01:51, you wrote:
> Gavin Henry wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > This is my first real go at a perl script. Thoughts?
>
> Congrats on your first script.
>
> Suggestions:
>
> 1. Indent code inside blocks.

ok.

>
> 2. The way you're calling system() looks odd. You're using more than one
> arg, which is a signal to bypass the shell. But your second arg looks like
> it needs shell processing. Does this actually work?

Yup, out of the cookbook.

>
> 3. Why not put the die() inside the else block?

yeah.

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