Thank you, Aia, for posting! Sorry for the confusion...
Here's the program flow which I am seeking to achieve with my crude little snippet:
Begin by printing the word "starting" to the terminal.
Check ~/.somedir using while() to see if the file "testFile" is present.
If it is, send the phrase "file detected" to the terminal; and loop back again to check if "testFile" is still present after a 1-second timeout.
If "testFile" doesn't exist on ~/.somedir, print the phrase "file missing" to the terminal and exit.
Not too exciting; but I think it about encapsulates what I need to do
To this end, I have formed three different while() statements to interchangeably fit into the main script code:
Code:
while (`wc -l ~/.somedir/testFile | sed -e 's/ \/.*$//'` eq "0")
while (`ls -a ~/.somedir | grep -e \"testFile\"` eq "testFile")
while (-e "~/.somedir/testFile")
The commandlines from 1) and 2) both work well as stand-alone code at the terminal; but do not execute properly from Perl. #2 is particularly well-suited to the work; as it doesn't rely upon the file being of any particular size to allow for successful detection. String comparisons should logically work as expected in this context.
Choice #3 is preferred as a straightforward solution; but, unfortunately, Perl will not find our "testFile" on a hidden directory such as ~/.somedir using the normal
Code:
while (-e "~/.somedir/testFile")
statement layout.
So, that's the problem in a nutshell...
Again, I'd prefer going with the straight-Perl approach which #3 offers. But, if making this work is more complicated than getting the commandline in
Code:
while (`ls -a ~/.somedir | grep -e \"testFile\"` eq "testFile")
to function correctly in this code context, I'll settle for a just "quick fix" of #2 for now.
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ost::Dir(3) Library Functions Manual ost::Dir(3)NAME
ost::Dir -
A low level portable directory class.
SYNOPSIS
#include <file.h>
Inherits ost::File.
Public Member Functions
Dir (const char *name=NULL)
void open (const char *name)
void close (void)
virtual ~Dir ()
const char * getName (void)
const char * operator++ ()
const char * operator++ (int)
const char * operator* ()
bool rewind (void)
bool operator! ()
bool isValid (void)
Static Public Member Functions
static bool create (const char *path, Attr attr=attrGroup)
static bool remove (const char *path)
static bool setPrefix (const char *path)
static bool getPrefix (char *path, size_t size=256)
Additional Inherited Members
Detailed Description
A low level portable directory class.
Used to support ccstd Directory container. This provides a basic mechanism for allocating and accessing file entries.
Author:
David Sugar dyfet@ostel.com low level directory access class.
Constructor &; Destructor Documentation
ost::Dir::Dir (const char *name = NULL)
virtual ost::Dir::~Dir () [virtual]
Member Function Documentation
void ost::Dir::close (void)
static bool ost::Dir::create (const char *path, Attrattr = attrGroup) [static]
const char* ost::Dir::getName (void)
static bool ost::Dir::getPrefix (char *path, size_tsize = 256) [static]
bool ost::Dir::isValid (void)
void ost::Dir::open (const char *name)
bool ost::Dir::operator! () [inline]
const char* ost::Dir::operator* ()
const char* ost::Dir::operator++ () [inline]
const char* ost::Dir::operator++ (int) [inline]
static bool ost::Dir::remove (const char *path) [static]
bool ost::Dir::rewind (void)
static bool ost::Dir::setPrefix (const char *path) [static]
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