This looks like a bug in the test - in the block where $x is set, uncommenting the 'warn' line shows that a directory 'foo' still exists. But the section where @files is set will ignore directories.
If readdir returns the directory first, then $x will be set to 'foo', and none of the other files will match that basename. (In fact, all the other files will get deleted - 'foo' always appears last after the list has been truncated, but in this case would also be $files[0].) Probably filesystem-dependent? No CPAN testers have picked this up. -- Tim Retout <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

