Hi Harry! On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:56:13 -0400 Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Trying for a better understand of using File::Find, butI'm missing > something pretty basic I think > > First: The directory structure in this test: > > ./one/tst.pl > two/tst.pl > three/tst.pl > > So each directory in the layering has the same type -f file in it. > > Or > ls -R ./one > ./one: > tst.pl two > > ./one/two: > three tst.pl > > ./one/two/three: > tst.pl > > I'm sure its something in my formulation (in other words, pilot > shooting self in foot) but; This bit of code seems not to do what one > would expect: > > ------- ------- ---=--- ------- ------- > > use strict; > use warnings; > use File::Find; > > my $d = './one'; > > find sub { > return if -f; > print "\$File::Find::dir<$File::Find::dir>\n"; > }, $d; > > ------- ------- ---=--- ------- ------- > > Output: > reader > ./tst.pl > $File::Find::dir<./one> > $File::Find::dir<./one> > $File::Find::dir<./one/two> > $File::Find::dir is the containing directory of the path item (= the dirname in http://perldoc.perl.org/File/Basename.html ). Finally, note that File::Find has some severe philosophical limitations, and you should look into alternatives on CPAN such as https://metacpan.org/pod/File::Find::Object (which I happen to maintain) or https://metacpan.org/pod/Path::Iterator::Rule#SEE-ALSO . For more about that, see: http://shlomif-tech.livejournal.com/29315.html Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ My Aphorisms - http://www.shlomifish.org/humour.html Trying to block Internet pornography is like climbing a waterfall and trying to stay dry. (— one of Shlomi Fish’s Internet Friends) — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour.html Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/