I would say that you are probably not in the directory that you think you are when you die. Test -e. Use Cwd and print the current directory. Run ls from within Perl.

As for other comments, first of all just don't include a return in your die and you get the line number. See the message you quote for an example. So you don't need to put it in your scripts, Perl does it for you, and will keep the line numbers correct after every edit to the script.

Secondly you don't need to track line numbers in files you are reading, Perl does it for you in the special variable $. (see perlvar).

Thirdly you are not consistently putting filenames in your error messages. That really is a good habit to get into.

And finally, I would personally get irritated with a script that told me, "DIE DIE DIE!!!". All caps means yelling to me. I am perfectly capable of seeing that you died. I don't particularly need to be yelled at while I am trying to fix it...

In reply to Re (tilly) 1: 'no such file' when it's there. by tilly
in thread 'no such file' when it's there. by jptxs

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