How to check if a file is exist or not?

[sureone]

Could anybody give a sample code for this question?

Thanks!

 

[John W. Krahn]

Could anybody give a sample code for this question?

if ( -e 'filename' ) {
print "'filename' exists.\n";
}


perldoc -f -e
perldoc -f stat


John

 

[Samwyse]

if ( -e 'filename' ) {
print "'filename' exists.\n";
}

John, John, John. *sigh* You didn't answer his question. You should
have said, "Yes", and then given the perldoc references.

 

[Juha Laiho]

if ( -e 'filename' ) {
print "'filename' exists.\n";
}

However, be careful if later on performing any action based on the
knowledge that at some point in the history the file did exist.

Most often, one is interested, whether a piece of data can be read
from a file - and in this context it'd be better to attempt to
open the file and read the data. Just encapsulate the functionality
performing this to allow an upper level to process and report the
error appropriately.

 

[Rich]

if ( -e 'filename' ) {
print "'filename' exists.\n";
}


perldoc -f -e
perldoc -f stat


John

Thanks for the perldoc tip. I've used it for different modules I've had to work
with, but haven't tried to for basic usage. Usually rely on my O'Reilly manual
as a cheat sheet for information like that, but now I have a quicker solution.

Rich