Answer: How do I test whether or not a file is writable? contributed by chromatic The -w test will do: if (-w FILEHANDLE) { print "It's writeable by my effective uid or gid!\n"; } [download] For more information, see -X (or perldoc -f -X).

Answer: How do I test whether or not a file is writable? contributed by kiruthika.bkite if(-f $name ) { if(!(-w $name)) { print "File '$name' doesn't have write permission\n"; } } [download] -f switch is used to check whether $name is file or not. -w switch is used to test whether file has write permission or not.

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