Test the existance of a directory

gitarwmn has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Test the existance of a directory by bassplayer (Monsignor) on Jun 18, 2004 at 16:25 UTC
Assuming you mean in Perl, you should check into the File Test Operators, specifically `-d`. bassplayer	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Test the existance of a directory by fluxion (Monk) on Jun 18, 2004 at 16:25 UTC
`if (-d $dir) { ... }` Roses are red, violets are blue. All my base, are belong to you.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Test the existance of a directory by Enlil (Parson) on Jun 18, 2004 at 16:25 UTC
-d -enlil	[reply]
[OT] Re^2: Test the existance of a directory by muba (Priest) on Jun 18, 2004 at 19:53 UTC
..oftopic.. is `-enlil` a new file test operator? :p or is `nlil` considered a bareword and does the code actually mean `-e "nlil"`? In both cases, what will be the result of it?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Test the existance of a directory (open it) by grinder (Bishop) on Jun 19, 2004 at 06:44 UTC
Sometimes the best way to test for the existence of the directory is to go ahead and see if you can open it. If you want to know if it exists, you may want to look at something in it, so just go ahead and see if you can. It's the ultimate test. `#! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; for my $dir( @ARGV ) { if( opendir( D, $dir )) { print "$dir: yup\n"; closedir D; } else { print "$dir: nope\n"; } }` [download] - another intruder with the mooring of the heat of the Perl	[reply] [d/l]