On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:22:58 -0500, Elaine -HFB- Ashton
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We got a bit of mail this morning from a guy asking where
>the File-Tools distribution by ASHER had gone off to on CPAN.
[...]
>I don't use a PC so perhaps someone well aquainted with Win32 Perl and the
>modules useful on Win32 could drop the magazine a line and try to correct
>the error in a nice way as well as maybe get a chance to write more
>interesting articles.
There is nothing Win32 specific in File::Tools. It is basically the
"original" versions of File::Copy and File::Recurse. I can send you a copy
if you want to (it's 1996 vintage). This code was put into the public
domain. I have no idea if it ever was on CPAN or not. It is available
from the ActiveState package repository by
ppm install File::Tools
Of course you will still not be able to use the vintage File::Copy module
as it will be hidden in site/lib/File/Copy.pm, in the shadow of
lib/File/Copy.pm. :) File::Recurse might work. But I would strongly
recommend to use File::Find instead!
Feel free to forward to journalist and/or the guy looking for File::Tools.
-Jan
