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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:17:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: ted Huang <dna88880@yahoo.com>
Subject: How to check if a file exists in a large directory
To: bioperl-l@bioperl.org
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Hi, there,

I use the following codes to check if a file exists.
It works fine if the directory contains less than ca.
20000 files. But if the directory contains more than
20000 files. It fails. Any idea? Thanks.

Sally

      if (-e $dnaFile){
      	push(@num,$i);
    }   


		
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