Re: [Sheflug] Slightly OT :perl file exists test

[Dave Mitchell <davem [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 01:24:47PM +0100, Alex Hudson wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 13:09, Chris Johnson wrote:
> > Is there any benefit to using -e (file exists ) over  -f (file is a plain
> > file (what is a plain file?)?
> 
> Yeah, they do different things - -e is 'any type of file exists'. -f
> means is a plain file, as opposed to device file, or pipe, or similar
> strange thing. Most files are plain files ;) 

In particular, -f is false if the 'file' is a directory.

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