Re^2: unlink($ful) does not delete

Also I can test if the file exists, using the variable, -e $fnmi and I get true.
Sorry that was a mistake
Should have been -e $ful
I believed that this was testing the existence of a file whose path is contained as a string in the variable.
As a matter of interest what is the significance of this construction:
( $fnmi =~ /^someword$/ )?
Thanks

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Re^3: unlink($ful) does not delete by Rudif (Hermit) on Dec 07, 2007 at 20:12 UTC
As a matter of interest what is the significance of this construction: ( $fnmi =~ /^someword$/ )? `( $fnmi =~ /^someword$/ )` is a pattern match, which happens to be equivalent to `( $fnmi eq 'someword' )`. To understand why so, start reading about regular expressions and matching in perlrequick, and read more in perlretut and perlre. Rudif	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: unlink($ful) does not delete by daithimcc (Novice) on Dec 07, 2007 at 21:42 UTC
Thanks for the direction. That's the next thing I needed to find out about.	[reply]