Instead of using my $config = (); try my $config = 0;. It makes a big difference.

use Getopt::Long;
use Config::Auto;
#use Data::Dumper;

my @servers      = ();
my @commands     = ();
my @files        = ();
my $user         = $ENV{USER};
my $file         = ();
my $dest         = ();
my $help         = ();
my $config       = 0;  # 0 not ()
GetOptions ("user=s" => \$user, "server=s" => \@servers, "command=s" =
+> \@commands, "file=s" =>\$fil
+e, "dest=s"=> \$dest, "config" => \$config, "help" => \$help);
print "config: \"$config\"\n";

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Now if you run it with the --config option, it's set to 1 otherwise it's 0.

In reply to Re: Problem with GetOpts::Long by Mr. Muskrat
in thread Problem with GetOpts::Long by niku

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