[Chicago-talk] OPEN() conditional

[Richard Reina]

   Thank you Shawn and Tiger for sharing your wisdom. 
> These are both practical and elegant solutions.
>  
>  Have a great holiday.
>  
>  Richard
>  
>  Chicago.pm chatter <chicago-talk at pm.org> wrote:  >  > if (-f '/blah/blah') {open F, "</blah/blab"} else
> { open F, "</blab"}.
> 
 > maybe ?: will work too.
> 
 >  >   From: Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com>
>  To: chicago-talk at pm.org
>  Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:46 PM
>  Subject: [Chicago-talk] OPEN() conditional
> 
>  I am writing a script that among other things edits
> a file.  The file can be in one of two places (directories)
> so if the first open does not work I want it to try
> the open of the file in the alternative directory. 
> I know how to do open(F, "</blah/blah") || die or
> open(F, "</lbal") || warn; but I don't want the program
> to die but to try another directory.  Is there a way
> to do open() conditionals or do I need to use readdir
> first to see if the file exists?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  Richard
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