you cud seperate out . and .. from the list... :-)
----- Original Message ----- From: Sudarsan Raghavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:27 PM Subject: Re: scanning files in a directory > A Taylor wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am trying to read all the files in a certain directory. I can open a > > directory using: > > > > opendir(DIR, $some_dir) || die "can't opendir $some_dir: $!"; > > while (my $file = readdir (DIR)) { > #Do your stuff, readdir returns only the filenames > #you will have to prefix $some_dir to $file before > #accessing them, perldoc -f readdir > } > > > > > > > ...... > > closedir DIR; > > > > but how do I scan through all the files in that directory???? > > > > Thanks for your help > > > > Anadi > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]