SPUG: perl newbie with annoying little issue ...

Joshua Lanza joshlanza at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 29 20:28:59 CST 2000


thanks, all, for the help.  it works!  i guess i should spend more time with 
the camel ...


>From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna at efn.org>
>To: Joshua Lanza <joshlanza at hotmail.com>
>CC: spug-list at pm.org
>Subject: Re: SPUG: perl newbie with annoying little issue ...
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:30:57 -0800 (PST)
>
>On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Joshua Lanza wrote:
>
> > can anyone tell me how to determine if a file is a directory or a leaf? 
>(i'm
> > looking for something similar to java's "isDirectory()" method in the 
>File
> > class)
>
>Use the built in file tests:
>print 'file' if -f 'filename';
>print 'dir' if -d 'filename';
>
>
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