note kutsu <p>Excellent Tutorial, [Dog and Pony]. I have seen a number of posts on checking a remote file, so I offer this solution using LWP::Simple, hoping this is the best place to put it.</p> <code> #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use LWP::Simple; my $url = 'http://www.somesite.com/somefile'; head($url) ? print "Good\n" : print "No file\n"; #or if you don't like/know about ?: if (head($url)) { print "Good\n"; } else { print "No File\n"; } </code> <p><b>Update:</b> yes I know this is in the head function in the tutorial, I just want to stress that it can be done to anyfile not just a webpage</p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-261960"> <p><i>"Pain is weakness leaving the body, I find myself in pain everyday" -me</i></p> </div></div> 168684 168684