>>>>> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 09:57:27 +0200, "Perl Authors Upload Server" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > modid: File::Locate > DSLIP: bdpOp > description: cache multiple file searches done in paths > userid: DORNER (Thomas Dorner) > chapterid: 10 (File_Names_Systems_Locking) > communities: > similar: > File::Find > rationale: > File::Locate is a Perl module to cache filenames and directories > for multiple file searches so that your script only has to browse > the appropriate directories once. To achive this, it mainly uses a > hash containing filenames and their corresponding directories. > I used this module for a script analyzing a big tree of source > modules. After introducing this modul, the process of locating the > scattered include files was notably faster than before. (The include > statements of the modules didn't contain directory informations.) > File::Find works the other way around, you must know before > starting which files you are going to need. I'd suggest a different name. locate is a well established program, so File::Locate should be reserved for direct interaction with that. Maybe File::CachingFind? -- andreas
