copy, move, dowload with perl

[eve25]

Hi all,
I am currently translating code from Matlab to Perl and both language are new for me. I have to copy, move, download files, send mails for a great part of the program. The code in matlab uses UNIX command to do that and for the moment I have done it this way too, like
my $copy=`cp $oldFile $newFile` and it is working well but I am wondering if it would not be more effective using perl built-in functions... I need advise so if someone knows about that I would be really glad to hear from you...

Thanks a lot and have a wonderful day!
Eve

 

[icrf]

File::Copy has copy routines and would be worth a look. It's been a standard module for some time, so you should already have it. Check cpan or perldoc for is documentation on usage, but it's as straighforward as you might think. There's a move function in the module, too, but you can also use the Perl builtin rename() function.

As to downloading files, I suggest something in the LWP suite. Unless you need to keep track of cookies or some such, LWP::Simple does plenty well for me at least 90% the time.

Best of luck. Any questions, just ask.

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Andrew - Perl Monkey

 

[eve25]

Thanks a lot Andrew! See U maybe another time (I won't be done with that for a long time...)