RE: How do I delete a file from Perl?

[Bob Showalter]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randolph S. Kahle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:22 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: How do I delete a file from Perl?
> 
> 
> I am writing my first perl program (copied from a magazine).
> 
> The only line that is not working is
> 
> system( rm -rf $file );

The command should be in quotes:

  system("rm -rf $file");

You *do* know what rm -rf does, right? Be careful.

Note also that Perl has an unlink() function to remove a file:

   unlink $file;

perldoc -f unlink

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