Comparing directories

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Re: Comparing directories by NetWallah (Canon) on Mar 10, 2004 at 21:41 UTC
There may be subtle/invisible differences in the contents of the variables. Try use Data::Dumper; and print Dumper $dpage , $REPOSIT ,$dpage eq $REPOSIT and look at the contents.	[reply]
Re: Comparing directories by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Mar 10, 2004 at 21:40 UTC
no, Perl comes with no such troubles. But see yourself. Type-or-copy `perl -we '$dpage = "/**//*****/public_html/weapons"; $REPOSIT = "///*****/public_html/weapons"; print "Hooray\n" if ( $dpage eq $REPOSIT )' # on a unix shell` or in a Windows/DOS-box: `perl -we "$dpage = '///*****/public_html/weapons'; $REPOSIT = '///*******/public_html/weapons'; print qq/Hooray\n/ if ( $dpage eq $REPOSIT )"` Considering your problem: the values actually differ. Sören	[reply]
Re: Re: Comparing directories by TomDLux (Vicar) on Mar 10, 2004 at 21:51 UTC
Do they differ? It prints 'Hooray' for me. Personally, I would suspect the comparison never gets executed, that some outer condition ensures that code is not invoked. I would urge using Data::Dumper, non-interactively, and of the debugger flag, -d ( or better yet, emacs and M-x perldbg ). -- `TTTATCGGTCGTTATATAGATGTTTGCA`	[reply]