From: Sano Babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 04 Oct 2004 05:15:04 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> "John" == John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > John> can the above be done with one perl function?
> > use File::Path qw(rmtree);
> > rmtree('/some/path/to/the/top');
>
> If the directory has read-only
> permission shouldn't the program report "read-only directory. Can't
> delete !" or something without having to explicitly die?? Are the
> semantics heading the right way here??
die() does NOT mean "write a message to STDERR and exit the program".
It means "throw an exception. If noone catches the exception print
the message to STDERR and exit the program.)
See eval BLOCK in
perldoc -f eval
HTH, Jenda
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