On Wednesday 05 December 2007 15:59, Steve Bertrand wrote: > > I have a quick & dirty question on directory management, and I'd like > to whip up a solution once, and reuse as necessary. > > There is a directory structure, in which I want to tar up X number of > directories every year. Here is the structure: > > / - > > |- a > | > | - 2003 > | - 2004 > | - 2005 > | - 2006 > | - 2007 > | > |- b > | > | - 2003 > | - 2004 > | - 2005 > | - 2006 > | - 2007 > > ..z etc. > > What I need to do is have a script that can pollute a text file with > the full path to each directory that is < 2005. I only need the > directory names, not the files within. > > The results will be read via another process, which will proceed to > tar/gz those dirs, remove the originals, and dump the tarballs to > other media. (This piece is complete, I just need to get the names). > > I'm thinking File::Find, as well as just a standard Unix find . -type > f -maxdepth, but for the current moment, I'm drawing blanks in midst > of several other things I'm trying to do. > > Essentially, I need the following populated to a file: > > /a/2003 > /a/2004 > /b/2003 > /b/2004 > > ...etc. > > I can provide code, but to be honest, I am working so hard on > developing module subroutines for RADIUS accounting/billing > management, I'm just hoping for an easy one-liner....(sorry).
Why can't you just use file globbing in the shell: tar -c /[a-z]/200[24] John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
