directory exists? in perl
 

What is the correct way to find out if a directory exists in perl;

when readdir ->simply looking for a name without file extensions or is there another more accurate way?

thx :)

$dirname = '/etc';
if (-e $dirname) { print "yeah!\n"; }

if (-d $directory) {
blah
}

"-e $directory" will tell you if "$directory" exists but not that it is a directory. "-d $directory" will tell you that $directory exists and that it is a directory.

thanks guys, thats what i was looking for:)