Thanks
I got it to work both ways. I will use File::Find in practice as it performs
much better.
Thanks for your help.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxim Berlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re[2]: Help with Recursive script on Large Directory
>
>
> Hello James,
>
> Tuesday, August 28, 2001, Kipp, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> KJ> Thanks so much for your help. Is this how the code should
> be before I test
> KJ> it again.
>
> It depends of your needs. for example, in your log file you miss full
> name of files.
> a good example or educational purpose, but in real life, please use
> File::Find.
>
> KJ> use Cwd;
>
> KJ> $log = 'c:\\temp\\chk_space.txt';
> KJ> $path = 'dbm\\marketing_database_II';
>
> open(LOG, ">>>$log") or die "Can't open $log: $!";
> KJ> print LOG "These files are over 60 days old and over 50MB\n\n";
>
> KJ> ScanDir($path);
> KJ> ## why not &ScanDir($path)??
> see perldoc perlsub for detailed explanation about differences between
> (example from perlsub)
> &foo(1,2,3); # pass three arguments
> foo(1,2,3); # the same
>
> foo(); # pass a null list
> &foo(); # the same
>
> &foo; # foo() get current args, like
> foo(@_) !!
> foo; # like foo() IFF sub foo
> predeclared, else "foo"
>
> you do not need that &, so don't use it, it's dangerous.
> example:
> --------------------
> sub a
> {
> print "sub\n";
> }
>
> print "test"
> &a;
> --------------------
> i've missed ';' after 'print "test"', and now i got
>
> print "test" & a;
>
> construction. very difficult to find.
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Maxim mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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