On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:16:02PM -0000, Rob Dixon wrote: > Steve Grazzini wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 09:48:55AM -0000, Rob Dixon wrote: > > > Steve Grazzini wrote: > > > > That's fine if you *want* to skip the dotfiles. But you *always* > > > > skip "." and "..". More robust code will also check for cycles, but > > > > since File::Find does all this already, it's usually better just to > > > > use the module. > > > > > > Cycles are eliminated by discarding links and printing only directories > > > and regular files. > > > > The problem is that "-d $path" will return true if $path is a symlink > > to a directory. > > Thanks Steve, but are you certain? I can't test it here. As far > as I know this behaviour isn't documented anywhere. > > Anybody?
Steve is right (just for a change). I don't know that this is documented anywhere specifically. Possibly the closest is in perldoc -f stat (at the end on recent perls) and man 2 stat (on systems that have that). -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
