Re^4: -s testing for empty file; works on local, but not on remote

What exactly do you mean by 'error'? if the -s/-z can't figure if the file has anything in it or not?

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Re^5: -s testing for empty file; works on local, but not on remote by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 27, 2011 at 19:06 UTC
`stat` can fail for a number of reasons. Add the following before the `if (-s)` line: `use Data::Dumper; print(Dumper(-s "/home/vcg/Documents/Trial/temp")); print(Dumper("$!"));` [download] What's the output?	[reply] [d/l] [select]