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> On Sep 10, Stephen said:
>
> >> find( {
> >> wanted => \&wanted,
> >> preprocess = \&preprocess,
> >> postprocess = \&postprocess,
> >> }, 'C:/SomeFolder');
> >
> >Starting to make sense. Just a small question, though. The use of
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> Stephen wrote:
> >
> > Rob Dixon wrote:
> > >
> > >
>
> The code below does the same as the previous program, but uses
> 'preprocess' to sort the files in alpha order before thowing the
> list at 'wanted'. You could also remove files from the lis
Stephen wrote:
>
> Rob Dixon wrote:
> >
> > In essence, what File::Find does is
> >
> > - Read a file directory
> >
> > - If 'postprocess' is specified then the subroutine is called with
> > the list of files as parameters. The subroutine must then return
> > a list of those files it is interes
On Sep 10, Stephen said:
>> find( {
>> wanted => \&wanted,
>> preprocess = \&preprocess,
>> postprocess = \&postprocess,
>> }, 'C:/SomeFolder');
>
>Starting to make sense. Just a small question, though. The use of \&
>before the sub name -- my understanding is that the "\" charac
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>
> John W. Krahn wrote:
> >
> > Stephen wrote:
> >
> > > 4. Maybe I'm restating the above question, but in addition to the
> > > &wanted sub, File::find accommodates process, etc., as well. When/how
> > > can these are typically used?
> >
> > Sorr
John W. Krahn wrote:
>
> Stephen wrote:
>
> > 4. Maybe I'm restating the above question, but in addition to the
> > &wanted sub, File::find accommodates process, etc., as well. When/how
> > can these are typically used?
>
> Sorry, I've never used them.
You can specify 'preprocess' and 'postproce
Stephen wrote:
>
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> >
> > use strict;
> > use warnings;
> > use File::Find;
> >
> > my $file_count = 0;
> > my $dir_count = 0;
> >
> > find (\&wanted, "C:/SomeFolder");
> >
> > sub wanted {
> > if (-d) {
> > return unless /
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> "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I'm doing my best but having a lot of trouble understanding the
> > documentation for File::Find. After seeing a number of people being
> > yelled at for trying to reinve
"Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'm doing my best but having a lot of trouble understanding the
> documentation for File::Find. After seeing a number of people being
> yelled at for trying to reinvent the wheel by writing their own
> functions, I'm resigned
