SPUG: Re: Using mkpath (was: HTTP::Cookies question)

[Richard Anderson]

No need to use eval, which introduces unneeded complexity and slows
execution speed. File::Path::mkpath returns the number of directories
successfully created, so the right way to call it is:

use File::Path qw(mkpath);
unless (mkpath($nameOfNewDir)) {
    die "Can't create directory $nameOfNewDir: $!";
}

Cheers,
Richard
richard at richard-anderson.org
www.richard-anderson.org
www.raycosoft.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes" <sthoenna at efn.org>
To: <spug-list at pm.org>
Cc: <richard at richard-anderson.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: SPUG: Re: HTTP::Cookies question


> In article <00a801c1c0a2$303a5a10$2088ddd1 at aciwin>,
> "Richard Anderson" <richard at richard-anderson.org> wrote:
> >On an unrelated note, it is more portable and less error prone to use
> >use File::Path;
> >mkpath($newdir)
> >
> >than
> >system "mkdir -p $newdir"
> >since on some OSes mkdir does not have the -p option.
>
> To be equivalent, you need to make that:
> eval { mkpath($newdir) }
> since mkpath croaks on errors.
>
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