Re: [MacPerl] UNIX Perl Driving Me Mad

[schinder@pobox.com]

On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 01:17:18PM -0600, Keary Suska wrote:
} Sorry to post to this list--I forgot the "any Perl" list address. I am
} having a problem with a script on Solaris 7 (Perl 5.005_04). All of the file
} tests (-e, -f, -r etc) on a certain file in a certain directory return
} false, but I can open and read the file using open(). Has anyone come across
} this? I have checked the permissions, and even granted all permissions and
} no dice. Code samples follow.
} 
} # This command works--i.e. doesn't die
} open TC, "timecard/$tc" or die( "Unable to open $tc: $!" );
} 
} # This command fails--i.e. doesn't die
} die "I CAN read timecard/$tc!") if( -r "timecard/$tc" );
} 
} # This fails--i.e. dies when it shouldn't because file exists.
} die "No such file timecard/$tc???") if( ! -e "timecard/$tc" );
} 

You're not using AFS by any chance?  Or that loathesome automount stuff?

} 
} -K
} 
} "To argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to
} the dead."
}     - Thomas Paine
} 
} 

-- 
Paul Schinder
schinder@pobox.com

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