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Now I get this error message

Can't exec "BADSYMS.out": Permission denied

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This is the code I now have in: 


if (-z `BADSYMS.out` ) {
#       unlink `BADSYMS.out` or die `Cant delete BADSYMS.out`;
        print "hi";
}
        else { print "Bad symbols contained in BADSYMS.out\n"; }

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I have commented out the unlink, as it was going straight to it, regardless of whether the file was 0 or not. When it prints out the "hi" regardless I know the -z isn't working

any ideas?

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Re3: -z file test operator
by Hofmator (Curate) on Aug 30, 2001 at 17:41 UTC

    Don't use backticks like `BADSYMS.out` - instead use normal single or double quotes: 

    if (-z "BADSYMS.out") {
  # do something
}

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    The backticks try to execute the file which is not what you want.

    -- Hofmator

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