chdir doubt

[lilly07]

Hi,

I am using a command as below in my script to change the directory. If the $dir is not available, the program dies.
I want to add some more functionality. For example, I want to send a mail before it dies. How do I do it? I know how to send e-mail but want to know how the existing code canbe changed in order to handle? Before or die in the code? Thanks.

chdir($dir) or die "Can't chdir to $dir ! \n";

[KevinADC]

chdir($dir) or send_an_email($!);
 
sub send_an_email {
   my $error = $_[0];
 
   # here you send the email however you want
   # include $error in the email 
 
   exit(0);
}

[lilly07]

ok many thanks for your response.