Re: File Creation

A couple of thoughts:

If this is a quick and dirty then something like: system "touch $filename"; will do the trick - although make sure that you have the right filename.

More elegantly could be acheived with a locking module, as you suggest. You can install modules yourself even if you are not the site admin. Download it off CPAN and then start using perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/home/me/my-perl and the put use lib "/home/me/my-perl/"; at the top of you script. This will get you script to check this directory as well as the standard ones for modules.

Also, I think you have a spare " in your open command...

--tidiness is the memory loss of environmental mnemonics

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Re: Re: File Creation by halley (Prior) on Jun 04, 2003 at 14:09 UTC
Since the original poster said 'administrator', and since they didn't name an operating system, I'd caution against using `system("touch ...")`. The touch command is not commonly available on Windows platforms. (Sure, you could install one made for Windows, but you'd have to be the administrator...) -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: File Creation by nimdokk (Vicar) on Jun 04, 2003 at 14:21 UTC
Thanks, I prefer to avoid system calls like that though, personal preference really. I think the extra " was the result of a sloppy cut-n-paste :) Still checked the actual program to make sure it hadn't snuck in there as well. "Ex libris un peut de tout"	[reply]