I'm trying to write a script to perform a number of actions on files sent to me
regularly on CD-ROMs. Unfortunately, the CD-ROM is generated on a Windows machine,
often with spaces in the directory names:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/RapheTask$ ls -lR /cdrom/
/cdrom/:
total 4
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jan 16 2003 JPEG Covers
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jan 16 2003 PDF Docs
/cdrom/JPEG Covers:
total 3858
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 806801 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA164.jpg
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1475140 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA333.jpg
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 516976 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA376.jpg
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1138129 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA403.jpg
/cdrom/PDF Docs:
total 28761
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1154227 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA164.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3369769 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA306.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1394922 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA333.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3156595 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA369.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3308012 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA370.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6116464 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA376.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2167484 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA394.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2177885 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA395.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2884660 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA400.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3121413 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA401.pdf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 519212 Jan 16 2003 PLUGA403.pdf
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/RapheTask$
My program is this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/RapheTask$ cat processAVimages.pl
#! /usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use File::Find;
sub process_file {
print "$File::Find::name\n";
#Other operations will go here
}
find(\&process_file, '/cdrom/');
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/RapheTask$
The program seems to stall when it hits the directories with spaces in filenames, and
doesn't find the files in them:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/RapheTask$ ./processAVimages.pl
/cdrom
/cdrom/JPEG Covers
/cdrom/PDF Docs
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/RapheTask$
When I run it on a directory without spaces in any of the subdirectory names, it seems
to work fine.
What are some suggestions for working around this behavior? I just need to process
the files; the directory structure will be thrown away. I'd like to be able to deal
with what ever directory structure is included on the CD, and not just hard-code in
specific directory names used.
Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.
-Kevin Zembower
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E. Kevin Zembower
Unix Administrator
Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-6139
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