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Old 05-01-2008
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Originally Posted by shalua
I need to check following three things:

a) a file exists but is zero byte
b) a file exists with non-zero bytes
c) a file doesn't exist at all

What switches do we use? Is it -f, -s, -z. Please explain the difference in these!

Many Thanks
Shalua
a) ... [ ! -s ${FILENAME} ]
b) ... [ -s ${FILENAME} ]
c) ... [ ! -f ${FILENAME} ]

Hope that sets you in the right direction.
 
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Test::Compile(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					Test::Compile(3pm)

NAME
Test::Compile - Check whether Perl module files compile correctly SYNOPSIS
#!perl -w use strict; use warnings; use Test::Compile; all_pm_files_ok(); DESCRIPTION
"Test::Compile" lets you check the validity of a Perl module file or Perl script file, and report its results in standard "Test::Simple" fashion. BEGIN { use Test::Compile tests => $num_tests; pm_file_ok($file, "Valid Perl module file"); } It's probably a good idea to run this in a BEGIN block. The examples below omit it for clarity. Module authors can include the following in a t/00_compile.t file and have "Test::Compile" automatically find and check all Perl module files in a module distribution: use Test::More; eval "use Test::Compile 0.09"; Test::More->builder->BAIL_OUT( "Test::Compile 0.09 required for testing compilation") if $@; all_pm_files_ok(); You can also specify a list of files to check, using the "all_pm_files()" function supplied: use strict; use Test::More; eval "use Test::Compile 0.09"; Test::More->builder->BAIL_OUT( "Test::Compile 0.09 required for testing compilation") if $@; my @pmdirs = qw(blib script); all_pm_files_ok(all_pm_files(@pmdirs)); Or even (if you're running under Apache::Test): use strict; use Test::More; eval "use Test::Compile 0.09"; Test::More->builder->BAIL_OUT( "Test::Compile 0.09 required for testing compilation") if $@; my @pmdirs = qw(blib script); use File::Spec::Functions qw(catdir updir); all_pm_files_ok( all_pm_files(map { catdir updir, $_ } @pmdirs) ); Why do the examples use "BAIL_OUT()" instead of "skip_all()"? Because testing whether a module compiles is important. "skip_all()" is ok to use with Test::Pod, because if the pod is malformed the program is still going to run. But checking whether a module even compiles is something else. Test::Compile should be mandatory, not optional. FUNCTIONS
"pm_file_ok(FILENAME[, TESTNAME ])" "pm_file_ok()" will okay the test if the Perl module compiles correctly. When it fails, "pm_file_ok()" will show any compilation errors as diagnostics. The optional second argument "TESTNAME" is the name of the test. If it is omitted, "pm_file_ok()" chooses a default test name "Compile test for FILENAME". "pl_file_ok(FILENAME[, TESTNAME ])" "pl_file_ok()" will okay the test if the Perl script compiles correctly. You need to give the path to the script relative to this distribution's base directory. So if you put your scripts in a 'top-level' directory called script the argument would be "script/filename". When it fails, "pl_file_ok()" will show any compilation errors as diagnostics. The optional second argument "TESTNAME" is the name of the test. If it is omitted, "pl_file_ok()" chooses a default test name "Compile test for FILENAME". "all_pm_files_ok([@files/@directories])" Checks all the files in @files for compilation. It runs all_pm_files() on each file/directory, and calls the "plan()" function for you (one test for each function), so you can't have already called "plan". If @files is empty or not passed, the function finds all Perl module files in the blib directory if it exists, or the lib directory if not. A Perl module file is one that ends with .pm. If you're testing a module, just make a t/00_compile.t: use Test::More; eval "use Test::Compile 0.09"; plan skip_all => "Test::Compile 0.09 required for testing compilation" if $@; all_pm_files_ok(); Returns true if all Perl module files are ok, or false if any fail. Or you could just let Module::Install::StandardTests do all the work for you. "all_pl_files_ok([@files])" Checks all the files in @files for compilation. It runs pl_file_ok() on each file, and calls the "plan()" function for you (one test for each file), so you can't have already called "plan". If @files is empty or not passed, the function uses all_pl_files() to find scripts to test If you're testing a module, just make a t/00_compile_scripts.t: use Test::More; eval "use Test::Compile 0.09"; plan skip_all => "Test::Compile 0.09 required for testing compilation" if $@; all_pl_files_ok(); Returns true if all Perl module files are ok, or false if any fail. "all_pm_files([@dirs])" Returns a list of all the perl module files - that is, files ending in .pm - in $dir and in directories below. If no directories are passed, it defaults to blib if blib exists, or else lib if not. Skips any files in "CVS" or ".svn" directories. The order of the files returned is machine-dependent. If you want them sorted, you'll have to sort them yourself. "all_pl_files([@files/@dirs])" Returns a list of all the perl script files - that is, files ending in .pl or with no extension. Directory arguments are searched recursively . If arguments are passed, it defaults to script if script exists, or else bin if bin exists. Skips any files in "CVS" or ".svn" directories. The order of the files returned is machine-dependent. If you want them sorted, you'll have to sort them yourself. AUTHORS
Sagar R. Shah "<srshah@cpan.org>", Marcel Gruenauer, "<marcel@cpan.org>", Evan Giles, "<egiles@cpan.org>" COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2007-2012 by the authors. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO
Test::LoadAllModules just handles modules, not script files, but has more fine-grained control. perl v5.14.2 2012-02-27 Test::Compile(3pm)