940329 - -f doesn't work correctly on files with unicode names

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in perl under windows (activeperl) when i want to check whether a path is a file or directory and the path includes non-western characters, neither -f nor -d return true on a file which really exists.
what can i do?

Posted 19-Jun-15 3:38am

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Jochen Arndt · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-19T04:14:00

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Use the testL function from the Win32::LongPath[^] CPAN module I suggested in my answer to your last question:

PERL

die "$file is not a regular file" if testL ('f', $file);

Posted 19-Jun-15 4:14am

Jochen Arndt