chomp(my $day = $ARGV[1]); chomp(my $month = `date +%m`); chomp(my $premonth = $month--); if ($month == 01) { $premonth = 12; } chomp(my $year = `date +%y`); print ("year-1: $year\n"); chomp(my $preyear = $year--); print ("year-2: $year\n"); my $file = "$filespath\SizeCheck-$year\-$month\-$day\.dat"; print ("File: $file\n");