[Perl] Re: glob/readdir

[nothingmuch]

thnx, dude, i'll try it if the non-module needing method will fail...

damn i love these lists.... too much info =D




Pinkhas Nisanov said at Ò[Perl] Re: glob/readdirÓ.
[27/08/2001 17:01:12]

> Hi,
> 
> If you need to take directory content don't use "ls -l",
> better way is to use standard perl module "DirHandle"
> example:
> 
> use DirHandle;
> 
> my $dir = "/home/someuser";
> my $dh = new DirHandle;
> my @direntries = $dh->read( $dir );
> foreach my $fileentry ( @direntries )
> {
>     if( -f "$dir/$fileentry )
>     {
>         print "$fileentry is file\n";
>     }
>     elsif( -d "$dir/$fileentry )
>     {
>         print "$fileentry is directory\n";
>     }
>     else
>     {
>         print "$fileentry is something else\n";
>     }
> }
> 
> 
> Pinkhas
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "nothingmuch" <nothingmuch at mac.com>
> To: <israel-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org>; <perl at perl.org.il>
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 2:17 PM
> Subject: glob/readdir
> 
> 
> > i need to be able to tell wether a listed file is a directory or 
> normal 
> > file...
> > 
> > example of what i mean:
> > 
> > in any shell when you do ls -l it outputs a list... on the leftmost 
> > column is the file mode...
> > 
> > -rwx-r--r-- file name yadda yadda
> > drwx-r--r-- directory name yadda yadda
> > 
> > i need to be able to know the difference within perl...
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