On 9/22/05, $Bill Luebkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > opendir DIR, $from; > > my @entries = readdir DIR;
I believe that opening a new directory closes the old directory handle, just like opening a new file closes the old file handle, that used to be on that handle name. The important thing is to read all the entries from the directory before recursing, because as soon as you recurse, the directory handle will get replaced with the one from the inner direrctory. So the C<my> on my @entries = readdir DIR is the important part. It has to be my, not our, otherwise the deeper instances won't get their own. adding closedirs makes it clearer, but shouldn't be required, and yes the closedir belongs BEFORE the recursion, otherwise we'd be closing a closed dirhandle many times on the way out. There's only one dirhandle in the code under discussion. Good morning! -- David L Nicol this document can be opened in any word processor, including LyX _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list Perl-Win32-Admin@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
