If I want all the files in a directory I'd do: my @files = glob( "/path/to/directory/*" );
Works every time for me. On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Paul Boniol <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure what you mean exactly by doing a glob on those directories. > > If you mean something like looking for plain files beginning with 'abc', I > think you have to do a readdir and something like a > next unless ($_ =~ m/^abc/); > next unless (-f $_); > > Paul > > On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I love it when I learn something new - never saw opendir or its related >> commands before. >> >> I'm curious, can you do a glob on those directories? >> >> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Paul Boniol <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> / ok >>> /cygdrive - Fails >>> /cygdrive/c fails >>> /home Fails >>> /home/paul Fails >>> . Ok >>> >>> Paul >>> On May 9, 2015 2:22 PM, "Tilghman Lesher" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Can you do an opendir on something higher in the chain? I'd suggest >>>> something along the lines of "/cygdrive/c", or something like that, to >>>> see if the problem is the opendir command itself, or if it's something >>>> higher. For that matter, can you do an opendir on "/"? >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Paul Boniol <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > I'm sure this is a SMDH moment... but I have a Perl program that does >>>> an >>>> > opendir to get the list of files. Been running fine for years under >>>> Cygwin. >>>> > I just installed Cygwin64. Tried to run it. opendir fails with "No >>>> such >>>> > file or directory". >>>> > >>>> > Doing a command line ls same-dir-path works fine. >>>> > >>>> > It is outside C:\Cygwin64\ so the path is a >>>> /cygdrive/c/some/other/dir/.... >>>> > but that shouldn't matter. (Also tried from a symbolic link) >>>> > >>>> > I'm sure it is something I'm doing wrong, but this is so simple, I >>>> don't >>>> > know what I could be doing wrong, or failing to check. Any thoughts? >>>> > >>>> > Paul >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > -- >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> > "NLUG" group. >>>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > For more options, visit this group at >>>> > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>> > >>>> > --- >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> > "NLUG" group. >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>> send an >>>> > email to [email protected]. >>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tilghman >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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