From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Dhiraj P Nilange wrote:
> > The problem
> > is that as I am unable to declare filehandle
> > (I am using "readdir" and "opendir" builtin
> > functions) ; in subsequent calls to the
> > sub ; the HANDLE refers to the firstmost
> > opened directory.
> >
> > if I used "my" keyword for this purpose then
> > perl gives error.
> >
> > So how to define file handle locally? its my
> > urgent need!
>
> local *DIRHANDLE;
> opendir DIRHANDLE, $dir or die "Cannot open $dir: $!";
> # etc.
Or
use FileHandle;
my $DH;
opendir $DH, $dir or die ...
You might need at least Perl 5.005 or maybe 5.004 for this to work,
I'm not sure.
Jenda
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