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Re^2: "The stat preceding -l _ wasn't an lstat"?

by Burak (Chaplain)
on Jan 17, 2010 at 21:32 UTC ( [id://817899]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: "The stat preceding -l _ wasn't an lstat"?
in thread "The stat preceding -l _ wasn't an lstat"?

You're right I guess. Btw, I'm doing -f $file && ! -l $file (double call) now to prevent this error.

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Re^3: "The stat preceding -l _ wasn't an lstat"?
by Tanktalus (Canon) on Jan 19, 2010 at 20:08 UTC

    Just reverse it, and it's ok. ! -l $file && -f _. The -f flag can work on lstat's output, whether the lstat found a link or not.

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