Re: [MacPerl] Problems with the "-x" file tests

[Nam-June Joe <namjj@mail.eclipse.net>]

Make sure you are in the correct directory, or that each item of @list 
explicitly specifies the entire path to the files, or directories.  IMHO, 
the best way to do something like this is to call the function chdir to 
the "root" directory of the files you want test, with all of your 
directory/file names relative to your "root".

Nam

On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Bill Hutten wrote:

> 
> I'm having a problem that's almost certainly attributable to my 
> stupidity, and i'd appreciate the lists' help:
> 
> ...given the following:
> 
> 
> foreach $item (@list) {
> 	if (-d $item) {
> 		print "directory: $item\n";
> 	}else{
> 		print "$item\n";
> 	}
> }
> 
> ...where we have a list of files & directories in @list, why does the 
> "-d" test never evalate to true?  If I use "-e" to test for existance it 
> never works either, leading me to conclude that 1) those operators are 
> broken or b) i'm an idiot.
> 
> 
> ...anyone care to tell me if it's (a) or (b)?  ...and yes, this is my 
> first day with Perl.
> 
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> - bill
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> Bill Hutten db+www         bhutten@cochran.com
> Cochran Interactive
> 

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  Nam-June Joe                           namjj@eclipse.net
  US Applications Develpment             njoe@sbi.com
  Salomon Brothers, Inc.                 namjj@seas.upenn.edu
  University of Pennsylvania '96         http://www.eclipse.net/~namjj/

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