=head1 NAME
-find - traverse a file tree
-
-finddepth - traverse a directory structure depth-first
+File::Find - Traverse a directory tree.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use File::Find;
- find(\&wanted, '/foo', '/bar');
+ find(\&wanted, @directories_to_seach);
sub wanted { ... }
use File::Find;
- finddepth(\&wanted, '/foo', '/bar');
+ finddepth(\&wanted, @directories_to_search);
sub wanted { ... }
use File::Find;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
+These are functions for searching through directory trees doing work
+on each file found similar to the Unix I<find> command. File::Find
+exports two functions, C<find> and C<finddepth>. They work similarly
+but have subtle differences.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<find>
+
+ find(\&wanted, @directories);
+ find(\%options, @directories);
+
+find() does a breadth-first search over the given @directories in the
+order they are given. In essense, it works from the top down.
+
+For each file or directory found the &wanted subroutine is called (see
+below for details). Additionally, for each directory found it will go
+into that directory and continue the search.
+
+=item B<finddepth>
+
+ finddepth(\&wanted, @directories);
+ finddepth(\%options, @directories);
+
+finddepth() works just like find() except it does a depth-first search.
+It works from the bottom of the directory tree up.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 %options
+
The first argument to find() is either a hash reference describing the
-operations to be performed for each file, or a code reference.
+operations to be performed for each file, or a code reference. The
+code reference is described in L<The wanted function> below.
Here are the possible keys for the hash:
=item C<wanted>
-The value should be a code reference. This code reference is called
-I<the wanted() function> below.
+The value should be a code reference. This code reference is
+described in L<The wanted function> below.
=item C<bydepth>
Reports the name of a directory only AFTER all its entries
have been reported. Entry point finddepth() is a shortcut for
-specifying C<{ bydepth => 1 }> in the first argument of find().
+specifying C<{ bydepth =E<gt> 1 }> in the first argument of find().
=item C<preprocess>
=back
-The wanted() function does whatever verifications you want.
-C<$File::Find::dir> contains the current directory name, and C<$_> the
-current filename within that directory. C<$File::Find::name> contains
-the complete pathname to the file. You are chdir()'d to
-C<$File::Find::dir> when the function is called, unless C<no_chdir>
-was specified. When C<follow> or C<follow_fast> are in effect, there is
+=head2 The wanted function
+
+The wanted() function does whatever verifications you want on each
+file and directory. It takes no arguments but rather does its work
+through a collection of variables.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<$File::Find::dir> is the current directory name,
+
+=item C<$_> is the current filename within that directory
+
+=item C<$File::Find::name> is the complete pathname to the file.
+
+=back
+
+Don't modify these variables.
+
+For example, when examining the file /some/path/foo.ext you will have:
+
+ $File::Find::dir = /some/path/
+ $_ = foo.ext
+ $File::Find::name = /some/path/foo.ext
+
+You are chdir()'d toC<$File::Find::dir> when the function is called,
+unless C<no_chdir> was specified. Note that when changing to
+directories is in effect the root directory (F</>) is a somewhat
+special case inasmuch as the concatenation of C<$File::Find::dir>,
+C<'/'> and C<$_> is not literally equal to C<$File::Find::name>. The
+table below summarizes all variants:
+
+ $File::Find::name $File::Find::dir $_
+ default / / .
+ no_chdir=>0 /etc / etc
+ /etc/x /etc x
+
+ no_chdir=>1 / / /
+ /etc / /etc
+ /etc/x /etc /etc/x
+
+
+When <follow> or <follow_fast> are in effect, there is
also a C<$File::Find::fullname>. The function may set
C<$File::Find::prune> to prune the tree unless C<bydepth> was
specified. Unless C<follow> or C<follow_fast> is specified, for
local ($wanted_callback, $avoid_nlink, $bydepth, $no_chdir, $follow,
$follow_skip, $full_check, $untaint, $untaint_skip, $untaint_pat,
$pre_process, $post_process, $dangling_symlinks);
- local($dir, $name, $fullname, $prune);
+ local($dir, $name, $fullname, $prune, $_);
my $cwd = $wanted->{bydepth} ? Cwd::fastcwd() : Cwd::getcwd();
my $cwd_untainted = $cwd;
$cwd = "$cwd:" unless ($cwd =~ /:$/); # for safety
if ($top_item eq $File::Find::current_dir) {
- # avoid empty name after return to '/'
- $name = '/' unless length( $name );
$abs_dir = $cwd;
}
else {
}
$name = $abs_dir . $_; # $File::Find::name
+ $_ = $name if $no_chdir;
- { &$wanted_callback }; # protect against wild "next"
+ { $wanted_callback->() }; # protect against wild "next"
}
$_= ($no_chdir ? $dir_name : $dir_rel ); # $_
# prune may happen here
$prune= 0;
- { &$wanted_callback }; # protect against wild "next"
+ { $wanted_callback->() }; # protect against wild "next"
next if $prune;
}
}
@filenames = readdir DIR;
closedir(DIR);
- @filenames = &$pre_process(@filenames) if $pre_process;
+ @filenames = $pre_process->(@filenames) if $pre_process;
push @Stack,[$CdLvl,$dir_name,"",-2] if $post_process;
# default: use whatever was specifid
$name = $dir_pref . $FN; # $File::Find::name
$_ = ($no_chdir ? $name : $FN); # $_
- { &$wanted_callback }; # protect against wild "next"
+ { $wanted_callback->() }; # protect against wild "next"
}
}
else {
$name = $dir_pref . $FN; # $File::Find::name
$_= ($no_chdir ? $name : $FN); # $_
- { &$wanted_callback }; # protect against wild "next"
+ { $wanted_callback->() }; # protect against wild "next"
}
}
else {
$name = $dir_pref . $FN; # $File::Find::name
$_= ($no_chdir ? $name : $FN); # $_
- { &$wanted_callback }; # protect against wild "next"
+ { $wanted_callback->() }; # protect against wild "next"
}
}
}
if ( $nlink == -2 ) {
$name = $dir = $p_dir; # $File::Find::name / dir
$_ = $File::Find::current_dir;
- &$post_process; # End-of-directory processing
+ $post_process->(); # End-of-directory processing
}
elsif ( $nlink < 0 ) { # must be finddepth, report dirname now
$name = $dir_name;
}
else {
if ( substr($name,-2) eq '/.' ) {
- $name =~ s|/\.$||;
+ substr($name, length($name) == 2 ? -1 : -2) = '';
}
$dir = $p_dir;
$_ = ($no_chdir ? $dir_name : $dir_rel );
if ( substr($_,-2) eq '/.' ) {
- s|/\.$||;
+ substr($_, length($_) == 2 ? -1 : -2) = '';
}
}
- { &$wanted_callback }; # protect against wild "next"
+ { $wanted_callback->() }; # protect against wild "next"
}
else {
push @Stack,[$CdLvl,$p_dir,$dir_rel,-1] if $bydepth;
# prune may happen here
$prune= 0;
lstat($_); # make sure file tests with '_' work
- { &$wanted_callback }; # protect against wild "next"
+ { $wanted_callback->() }; # protect against wild "next"
next if $prune;
}
$fullname = $new_loc; # $File::Find::fullname
$name = $dir_pref . $FN; # $File::Find::name
$_ = ($no_chdir ? $name : $FN); # $_
- { &$wanted_callback }; # protect against wild "next"
+ { $wanted_callback->() }; # protect against wild "next"
}
}
}
else {
if ( substr($name,-2) eq '/.' ) {
- $name =~ s|/\.$||; # $File::Find::name
+ substr($name, length($name) == 2 ? -1 : -2) = ''; # $File::Find::name
}
$dir = $p_dir; # $File::Find::dir
$_ = ($no_chdir ? $dir_name : $dir_rel); # $_
if ( substr($_,-2) eq '/.' ) {
- s|/\.$||;
+ substr($_, length($_) == 2 ? -1 : -2) = '';
}
}
lstat($_); # make sure file tests with '_' work
- { &$wanted_callback }; # protect against wild "next"
+ { $wanted_callback->() }; # protect against wild "next"
}
else {
push @Stack,[$dir_loc, $updir_loc, $p_dir, $dir_rel,-1] if $bydepth;
$File::Find::dont_use_nlink = 1
if $^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'dos' || $^O eq 'amigaos' || $^O eq 'MSWin32' ||
- $^O eq 'cygwin' || $^O eq 'epoc' || $^O eq 'NetWare';
+ $^O eq 'cygwin' || $^O eq 'epoc' || $^O eq 'qnx' ||
+ $^O eq 'nto';
# Set dont_use_nlink in your hint file if your system's stat doesn't
# report the number of links in a directory as an indication
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