Re^3: true from (-e "") on Windoze

OK, how about this? (I've tested and it is working correctly for $file = '""'; on OS X.)

for ($file) {
    say "nope (empty quotes)" when /""/;
    say "yep" when -e $file;
    default { say "nope (doesn't exist)"}
}
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Re^4: true from (-e "") on Windoze by CarolinaPerler (Acolyte) on Jul 02, 2012 at 19:33 UTC
Yeah, the odd behavior only occurs on Windoze. UNIX/Linux/Mac work just as you'd expect, returning false for the '-e' on a pair of empty double quotes.	[reply]
Re^5: true from (-e "") on Windoze by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Jul 02, 2012 at 21:22 UTC
Did you get a chance to test this code? I think it might solve your problem since the first thing it does is look for a match to double quotes before checking whether the file exists.	[reply]