#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw $ENV{PATH} = "/bin:/usr/bin"; my $tmp_dir = "/tmp/blahblah-11-14-2000"; if (-e "$tmp_dir") { system("rm","-f","$tmp_dir","*") == 0 or warn "Temporary folder already existed, and unable to", "erase files within: $!\n"; }else{ mkdir ("$tmp_dir") or die "Unable to make temporary folder $tmp_dir: $!\n"; }