well it still did not compile /usr/bin/perl /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j3.pl Global symbol "$file" requires explicit package name at /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j3.pl line 14. Execution of /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j3.pl aborted due to compilation errors. so it hates $file

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

# 2592000 = 30 day n min (60 *60 * 24 *30 )

use strict;
use POSIX;
use warnings;

# change the below to dlt - dl30    
my $logfile = "/script_logs/30DyDlt.txt";
my $date = localtime();

my $dir = '/oven_web/iportal/cgi-bin/uploads';

opendir(DIR,$dir) || die "Can't open $dir : $!\n";

my @files = readdir(DIR); # you may want to grep only certain files he
+re

close(DIR);
### my $logmsg = $date/$dir/$file;
my $logmsg = "$date/$dir/$file";

#print $logmsg = $date/$dir/$file;

open LOGFILE, ">> $logmsg " or die " cannot open logfie $logfile for a
+ppend $!";


foreach my $file(@files)

{

    my $now = time;

    my @stat = stat("$dir/$file");


    if ($stat[9] < ($now - 2592000))

    {

        print "Deleting $dir/$file...";

        #unlink("$dir/$file");

        #print "Done.\n";
        print LOGFILE "$logmsg \n";


    }



}
close LOGFILE;
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so - i ( just for fun ) tried a my $file = "aaa" thinking explictedly declare it a value and later it gets the real fileNames -- or i was curious what wod happen...

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

# 2592000 = 30 day n min (60 *60 * 24 *30 )

use strict;
use POSIX;
use warnings;

# change the below to dlt - dl30    
my $logfile = "/script_logs/30DyDlt.txt";
my $date = localtime();

my $dir = '/oven_web/iportal/cgi-bin/uploads';
my $file = "aaa"

opendir(DIR,$dir) || die "Can't open $dir : $!\n";

my @files = readdir(DIR); # you may want to grep only certain files he
+re

close(DIR);
### my $logmsg = $date/$dir/$file;
my $logmsg = "$date/$dir/$file";

#print $logmsg = $date/$dir/$file;

open LOGFILE, ">> $logmsg " or die " cannot open logfie $logfile for a
+ppend $!";


foreach my $file(@files)

{

    my $now = time;

    my @stat = stat("$dir/$file");


    if ($stat[9] < ($now - 2592000))

    {

        print "Deleting $dir/$file...";

        #unlink("$dir/$file");

        #print "Done.\n";
        print LOGFILE "$logmsg \n";


    }



}
close LOGFILE;
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well that blew up in the following manner ::: /usr/bin/perl /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j3.pl "my" variable $file masks earlier declaration in same scope at /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j3.pl line 20. syntax error at /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j3.pl line 11, near "opendir" Execution of /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j3.pl aborted due to compilation errors. hummmmm