Re: Directory checking on Windows XP

If what you say is true, you have a very broken Perl.

>md dir

>copy nul file
        1 file(s) copied.

>perl -le"if (-d $ARGV[0]) { print 'dir' } else { print 'not' }" dir
dir

>perl -le"if (-d $ARGV[0]) { print 'dir' } else { print 'not' }" file
not
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I could see the opposite (always getting the else part) due to being in a different working directory than you think you are, having trailing whitespace in your file name or attempting to use wide file names.

Update: Oops, I read it backwards. You are getting the else part.

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Re^2: Directory checking on Windows XP by ack (Deacon) on Sep 22, 2008 at 05:43 UTC
Thanks ikegami. I posted an update to my node and included an abbreviated portion of the code that I think demonstrates what I'm doing. It is not the full code; but think it highlights what and how I'm doing the if(){}else{} statement. Hopefully it will prompt someone to see what is happening. I have tried debugging the code; but it just shows that the }else{ portion of the code is, indeed, what is being executed. I have checked what is in $entry and it has the right subdirectory name (includindg the full path specification). Is specifing the full path name in $entry what is fowling up the -d file test? ack Albuquerque, NM	[reply]
Re^3: Directory checking on Windows XP by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 22, 2008 at 05:55 UTC
Is specifing the full path name in $entry what is fowling up the -d file test? No, that's fine. Absolute and relative paths are accepted. In fact, nothing is fowled up. Your code works fine. `bar is a directory foo is a directory sub folder is a directory` [download] Are you sure "`ACK_Kenya_2008`" and this directory are really folders and not shortcuts?	[reply] [d/l] [select]