On 25/04/06, RICHARD FERNANDEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Is there a definative way to recreate the gnu `rm -rf` in perl? > > You could use rmtree. > > perldoc File::Path
Looks good, but then I saw this: NOTE: There are race conditions internal to the implementation of "rmtree" making it unsafe to use on directory trees which may be altered or moved while "rmtree" is running, and in particular on any directory trees with any path components or subdirectories potentially writable by untrusted users. eek - I'm running this on a shared folder, it's possible if unlikely.... I wonder if I'm using the wrong tool here and maybe a shell script is the right way to go... My next issue is the equiv of tar -cvjf and that's going to take a tar module and a compression module... I'm starting to think I'm coming at this the wrong way. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>