The main error I can see is in your concatenation.

Look:

my $FileName = "jimbo";
my $t = ".tm";
print $FileName$t; # this just wont work - what you REALLY want is

my $fullFileName = $FileName . $t; # the . joins them together - calle
+d "concatenation" - do a PM search on this keyword
print $fullFileName; # prints 'jimbo.tm'
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The reason why you didn't get an error is you didn't ask for one. Try:

unlink ($fullFileName) or die "Error! : $!\n"; 
# die statements will kill the program if an error is encountered.
# the error msg is contained in $! special variable and is printed
# on exit
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Finally, use strict; and use warnings;. These will help you on your way through Perl. I might also suggest picking up Learning Perl, as you do need to learn the basics.

update : courtesy of crazyinsomniac : Also Look at perlfunc:unlink

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