Re: download a file from a web

You should consider changing your system statements from

system "mkdir $Dir";

system "mkdir $Dir" or die "mkdir of '$Dir' failed: $?";

Anything could be the cause: permission restrictions, ill-constructed director names...

Have you stepped through your program in the debugger?

Which of your print statements get executed?

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Re^2: download a file from a web by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 17, 2009 at 19:01 UTC
Since `system` returns false on success, better to test `... == 0 or die...`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: download a file from a web by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 17, 2009 at 22:12 UTC
You shouldn't run a shell at all to create a directory, Perl has a portable buildin mkdir() function for that, including reliable return values. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]
Re^3: download a file from a web by apl (Monsignor) on Apr 18, 2009 at 00:09 UTC
Quite so, but there were several system calls. If one is going to use it, it's a good idea to check its' success or failure. (Though one should take pains to do so correctly,)	[reply]