Hi, now I am using: 
close (BADSYMS);

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

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What happens now is when the file is zero or not zero, the if part is skipped, and it goes straight to the else. When the file is non-zero a message is returned: 

Stat on unopened file <BADSYMS> at test.pl line 317

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The filenames are assigned at the start of the script 

unless (open (BADSYMS, ">BADSYMS.out")) {
                die ("Can't open output file BADSYMS.out\n");
        }

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This isn't in a loop as such, the script runs and the file maybe written to, if it isn't and therefore is empty, I want to delete it. If it is written to I want the print statement to output the name.

Thanx, Martin

In reply to Re: Re: -z file test operator by Anonymous Monk
in thread -z file test operator by Anonymous Monk

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