determining folder or files type

kirk123 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, Is there a way to determine if a folder(directory) or file on windows is a system folder or file. --thanks

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Re: determining folder or files type by blaze (Friar) on Apr 17, 2003 at 21:51 UTC
I believe Win32::File can do this for you -Robert	[reply]
Re: determining folder or files type by nothingmuch (Priest) on Apr 18, 2003 at 00:33 UTC
the file tests -f and -d will return true if the file is a file or a directory respectively via `-f "/path/to/file"` -nuffin zz zZ Z Z #!perl	[reply] [d/l]