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How would I check to see if the file exists with this? So we have @f defined as the list of company numbers (C## - which represents company ID ) and for each of those, we're renaming the directory and moving it, but it breaks when it hits the key that does not exist in the folder (company 6 is not inside my zip, but it is a possible company that CAN be in the zip) so I'm looking for a quick way to check if the actual file, that corresponds with the key in our @f, even exists because if it doesn't, i need to skip it. I think this will involve next, or exists, or maybe both. Any insight?
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Re^5: question regarding File::Copy, and hashes that contain file paths
by poj (Abbot) on Dec 17, 2015 at 21:32 UTC

    see file exists test -e -X

    foreach my $key (sort keys %compHash) { my $from = $src.$key; next unless (-e $from); . .
    poj
      This is exactly what I needed. I ended up using:
      my $base_path = 'e:/iwantfileshere'; dirmove($from,$to) if -e $base_path;
      Thank you for your help!

        I think you should use closer to the version I showed :P with -f and -d and maybe mix in -r but the functions should report that kind of problem if it arises. -e might mean a directory exists but it also could be a file or a link and probably more.