--- Jeff Westman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > my $result = ! $t->cmd( "test -f $testFile ; echo $?" );
>
> Doesnt work. (makes no difference)
In my question below, I should state that it always returns '1' irregardless
if the file exists or not....
> --- "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Jeff Westman wrote:
> > >
> > > How do you check if a file exists on a remote server using Net::Telnet
> ?
> > >
> > > I have tried:
> > >
> > > $testFile = "/tmp/noFileExistsHere";
> > >
> > > $result = $t->cmd("test -f $testFile ; print $? ");
> > > $result = $t->cmd("test -f $testFile && print 1 || print 0");
> > > $result = $t->cmd("if [ -f $testFile ] ;then print 1; else print 0;
> fi");
> > >
> > > and $result ALWAYS contains 1.
> > >
> > > The only way I can think of is:
> > >
> > > $result = $t->cmd("ls -l $testFile");
> > >
> > > then checking $result for an error message.
> > >
> > > Any better solutions?
> >
> > test like most command line tools returns zero for true and non-zero for
> > false so try this:
> >
> > my $result = ! $t->cmd( "test -f $testFile ; echo $?" );
> >
> >
> >
> > John
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