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Old 02-18-2012
perl, if directory exists
Hi there

I am trying to make a fuction that looks for a email profile that ends in .$ARGV[0]

here is the code
Code:
if (-d "/Users/$ARGV[0]/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/*.$ARGV[0]")  {
      print "\n WARNING: Email profile already exits\n\n";
      exit;
      }

but for some reason it does not like the wildcard

any help would be great

thanks
A
# 2  
Old 02-18-2012
Try like...
Code:
if ( ! -e "Index.txt")
{
print "File does not exist\n";
}

# 3  
Old 02-18-2012
That worked like a treat

my new question is how i can find and then write to a certain file

In script is created a users Thunderbird profile which will is located it

Code:
 /Users/$ARGV[0]/]/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/<RANDOM_STRING>.$ARGV[0]

I am unsure how about getting this directory and then writting to a file called prefs.js

Code:
/Users/$ARGV[0]/]/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/<RANDOM_STRING>.$ARGV[0]/prefs.js

any pointers would be great
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