Re: Avoiding making a directory that already exists

Well, you haven't given us much to go on, but it sounds like you have the right idea:

my $newdir = "$directory\/$month\/$day"
if (!(-e $newdir)) {
 mkdir $newdir, 0755 or die "couldn't mkdir $newdir because: $!\n";
}
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Scott

updated per tilly's suggestion.

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Re (tilly) 2: Avoiding making a directory that already exists by tilly (Archbishop) on Aug 19, 2001 at 22:21 UTC
Please add $! to the error check. Very often knowing what the operating system thinks is wrong can make your life much, much easier...	[reply]