Hi kevind0718,

And now that you've got your solution, here's a way to prevent it (or similar) from happening again: 

my $outFileDirectory = "./bin";
                                                                      
+          
if (-d @outFileDirectory ) {
    print "There is a directory --> " .  $outFileDirectory . "\n" ;
}
else {
    print "There is a no such directory --> " .  $outFileDirectory . "
+\n"  ;
}

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seems to fail cryptically, as you've observed: 

There is a no such directory --> ./bin

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But if you use strict and warnings: 

use strict;
use warnings;
                                                                      
+          
my $outFileDirectory = "./bin";
                                                                      
+          
if (-d @outFileDirectory ) {
    print "There is a directory --> " .  $outFileDirectory . "\n" ;
}
else {
    print "There is a no such directory --> " .  $outFileDirectory . "
+\n"  ;
}

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The path to enlightenment is made shorter: 

Global symbol "@outFileDirectory" requires explicit package name at x.
+pl line 7.
Execution of x.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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s''(q.S:$/9=(T1';s;(..)(..);$..=substr+crypt($1,$2),2,3;eg;print$..$/

In reply to Re: check if directory exists under windows by liverpole
in thread check if directory exists under windows by kevind0718

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