From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: [PATCH] Git.pm: better error message Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:10:46 -0400 Message-ID: <20100614071046.GA5639@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <1276477222-21465-1-git-send-email-book@cpan.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: "Philippe Bruhat (BooK)" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jun 14 09:10:58 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OO3ov-0002Rt-Uj for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:10:58 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755436Ab0FNHKv (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:10:51 -0400 Received: from peff.net ([208.65.91.99]:36639 "EHLO peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755420Ab0FNHKv (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:10:51 -0400 Received: (qmail 15331 invoked by uid 107); 14 Jun 2010 07:11:03 -0000 Received: from adsl-99-133-187-56.dsl.bltnin.sbcglobal.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (99.133.187.56) (smtp-auth username relayok, mechanism cram-md5) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.40) with ESMTPA; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:11:03 -0400 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:10:46 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1276477222-21465-1-git-send-email-book@cpan.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 03:00:22AM +0200, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: > -d doesn't set $! if the directory doesn't exist Really? $ perl -e '-d "bogus" or die "fail: $!"' fail: No such file or directory at -e line 1. On the other hand: $ touch file perl -e '-d "file" or die "fail: $!"' fail: at -e line 1. So perhaps it is best not to rely on $!. Also, this is with perl 5.10. Is it different with other versions? -Peff