Terry Poperszky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Suggestions/Observations?
Don't use external commands to get directory contents. Use 'openddir' and 'readdir' instead. : open MYFILE, "<dir_log"; You should always check that I/O succeed. : while (<MYFILE>) { : $dir_log{chomp($_)} = 1; 'chomp' will not return a file name here. I think you want this. chomp; $dir_log{$_} = 1 : } HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>