> okay so this works: > > @files = </home/*/*.txt>; > print "@files\n"; >
</home/*.*.txt> is obviously not a filehandle, or a variable containing one. Hence it's a glob. > but this doesn't: > > $search = "/home/*/*.txt"; > @files = <$search>; > print "@files\n"; > <$search> is treated as a named filehandle, since that is what has precedence over use as a glob. Using <GLOB_PATTERN> is basically an underloading of the filehandle input syntax. Usually it looks different enough for Perl to do what you mean. If it doesn't, you can use: @files = glob($search); > Why? I need to know the workings.. (I am a bit of guru > in Perl but still missing some of the finer details). I > have used opendir/readdir/closedir to do this, but I > wanted to know why the second example doesn't work. Search for: "filehandle nor a simple scalar variable containing" in: perldoc perlop it's about 90% of the way through the page... page 37 of perlop of Perl 5.6.1 Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
