in reply to backup.pl

I think weeding out comments is faster if you do: 
next if /^#/;

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RE: RE: backup.pl
by cleen (Pilgrim) on Jun 20, 2000 at 14:28 UTC
    Yes, but what if you accidently had a whitespace or somthing before that comment? I accidently do that all the time, this is why it would even be better to use 
    next if /^\s*\#/;

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