On Sun Jun 21 2009 @ 7:40, AndrewMcHorney wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have written a perl script and I am in the debugging and imroving the
> code. The first improvement is want to make is to replace the
> system("Dir c:/s") call because it is not portable. So I was told to use
> the File package.
I think you want File::Find, not just File. You can start by looking at
perldoc File::Find, but for many people, that module isn't intuitive at
first. I would recommend that you also read this article:
http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col45.html
In terms of replacing system("Dir c:/s"), you should also look at these
functions:
perldoc -f opendir
perldoc -f readdir
But in a case like this, you probably want to leverage File::Find rather
than writing all the code yourself.
Hope this helps.
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