Re: Checking for valid directory

in reply to Checking for valid directory

I'm not sure why you have the single backslash in your directory name, but if you are using Windows then you need to escape the slash, (e.g. my $dir = "\\TestDir";).

Either way, don't use backslashes. This way you don't have to worry about escaping them. Here's an example (I'm assuming your using windows because of your $dir definition):

my $dir = "c:/docume~1/chris/TestDir";
if (-d $dir) {
    print "It Exists";
}
else {
    print "Does Not Exist";
}
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So, the first method you tried...the one w/out $dir in quotes should have worked. Try making $dir an absolute path, and use forward slashes. See if that makes a difference.
HTH,
Chris

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