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Date:      Sat, 27 Jan 1996 22:22:00 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freebsd.org>
To:        Blair Schmittel <blair@strech.cyber-naut.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PERL Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960127221347.9792B-100000@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM>
In-Reply-To: <199601280226.TAA13207@strech.cyber-naut.com>

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On Sat, 27 Jan 1996, Blair Schmittel wrote:

> system("mkdir $where");

	why not use perl's own mkdir(directory name, permissions)
function, faster than executing the system binary and you can check the
return code more easily.

mkdir($where, 755) || die "can't make directory $where";

jmb

Jonathan M. Bresler        FreeBSD Postmaster         jmb@FreeBSD.ORG
play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life 
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