Check Whether DCR file exists or not during workflow using perl

Hi ,

I am using Teamsite 6.5

I have some problem with checking whether a file exists or not during workflow intialization.I have pasted below the small piece of code that i am using for checking.


my $filename="templatedata/About Us/Aboutus_Level1/data/20060424124805.xml"
if(-e $filename)
{
#if file exists do this operation
}
else
{
#file dosn't exist
}

Is my PERL code to check whether the particular xml file exists in the following path is correct?.

Kindly advise.

Thanks in advance

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nipper

you will probably need the fully qualified path, prepend the workarea path to it.

Migrateduser

you will probably need the fully qualified path, prepend the workarea path to it.

Hi I tried using the full path like this

my $filename="Y:/default/main/Internet/WORKAREA/Internet/templatedata/About us/Aboutus_Level1/data/20060424124805.xml"

Still i am not able to check whether the file exists or not.My code everytime shows worng info that file does not exists which is actually existing in the same path.Kindly advise.

Thanks

nipper

THat statement is correct. Just for fun write a 4 line test perl script and prove it to yourself.

Why are you focusing on that ?

BTW, if this is a WF, you may not know that the perl get executed twice, if that matters.

Andy

Migrateduser

THat statement is correct. Just for fun write a 4 line test perl script and prove it to yourself.

Why are you focusing on that ?

BTW, if this is a WF, you may not know that the perl get executed twice, if that matters.

Andy

Yes i tried to run a seperate script it works But inside my workflow script i cant check.I dont know why.Is there anyother way to check file exists ot not.Kindly advise

Thanks

nipper

If that code works in a different script and your data is the same, then there is a different problem.

Are you dumping data to a log file ? Are you certain of the variables in $file ?

akshathp

Hi I tried using the full path like this

my $filename="Y:/default/main/Internet/WORKAREA/Internet/templatedata/About us/Aboutus_Level1/data/20060424124805.xml"

Thanks

Couple of points:
1. Try check for file test with -f instead of -e. -f will check for file to be a plain file. I know -e should work but you can atleast try
2. Try converting the forward slash to backslash. Once converted, do escape them so it should be
my $filename="Y:\\default\\main\\Internet\\WORKAREA\\Internet\\templatedata\\Aboutus\\Aboutus_Level1\\data\\20060424124805.xml"

Adam Stoller

Couple of points:
1. Try check for file test with -f instead of -e. -f will check for file to be a plain file. I know -e should work but you can atleast try
2. Try converting the forward slash to backslash. Once converted, do escape them so it should be
my $filename="Y:\\default\\main\\Internet\\WORKAREA\\Internet\\templatedata\\Aboutus\\Aboutus_Level1\\data\\20060424124805.xml"

)Your example shows an (evil) space character in the path and that could be confusing the existance-test operation.

Migrateduser

Hi Guys,

Thanks a lot for your replies.Based on your suggestions i am able to solve the problem.Now i can check file exists or not.
Once again thank you very much

Adam Stoller

Hi Guys,

Thanks a lot for your replies.Based on your suggestions i am able to solve the problem.Now i can check file exists or not.
Once again thank you very much

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