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I am trying to check if a directory "$options{data}\\files\\data" existed or not using the below condition?Even if the directory existed,the loop is not entered?where am I going wrong? 

if ( -e '$options{data}\\files\\data' ) 
{
#code
}

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Re: Directory check fails
by toolic (Bishop) on Apr 25, 2011 at 03:35 UTC
    Single quotes do not interpolate variable values. Try double quotes instead: 
    if ( -e "$options{data}\\files\\data" ) 
{
#code
}

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