NAME
File::List - Perl extension for crawling directory trees and compiling lists of files
SYNOPSIS
use File::List;
my $search = new File::List("/usr/local");
$search->show_empty_dirs(); # toggle include empty directories in output
my @files = @{ $search->find("\.pl\$") }; # find all perl scripts in /usr/local
DESCRIPTION
This module crawls the directory tree starting at the provided base directory and can return files (and/or directories if desired) matching a regular expression
INTERFACE
The following methods are available in this module.
new($base);
This creates a new File::List object and starts crawling the tree from this base
It takes a scalar base directory as an argument and returns an object reference
find($regexp);
This method accepts a scalar regular expression to search for.
It returns a reference to an array containing the full path to files matching the expression (under this base).
debug($level);
This sets the debug level for find
show_empty_dirs();
Toggle display of empty directories
show_only_dirs();
Toggle display of just directories
AUTHOR
Dennis Opacki, dopacki@internap.com
SEE ALSO
perl(1).