Re: code help

On Feb 27, 10:31 pm, "John W. Krahn" <some...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
jammer wrote:
Why does this give a syntax error?

There is no syntax error there.

# not 2 arguments, print usage
if ($#ARGV != 1) {

That's a great way to confuse a newby.  Why does the comment say "2
arguments" but you are comparing the variable to 1?  Try it like this:

# not 2 arguments, print usage
if ( @ARGV != 2 ) {

        print "\nusage: " . $ARGV[0] . "\[backupDir\] \

Unlike C, Python, etc. the first argument of @ARGV is *not* the program
name, you want the $0 variable instead.

I had a missing semi-colon and the error pointed to that block. :-(
.

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