Charles Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
: I am trying empty a directory with over 4000 files with a
: script, and do not understand why I can only delete half
: at a time. I am guessing that the directory handle has a
: size limitation?? Is there a way to load the contents
: into a large array or am I going about this all wrong?
: Please forgive the newbie question. I'm trying to hack
: this with my copy of the Perl Bookshelf and limited
: practical experience.
:
: #!/usr/bin/perl
: #open directory and load contents into hash
: $dir = "/test/directory";
: opendir(@DIR, $dir) or die "cant opendir $dir: $!";
That should probably be DIR not @DIR. You really should
use strict and turn on warnings.
: while (defined($file = readdir(DIR))) {
: if ($file =~ "klee") {
That looks very, very wrong. You're binding a scalar to
something other than a regular expression. Tell us what you
are attempting to do here.
HTH,
Charles K. Clarkson
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