DirHandle(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide DirHandle(3p)NAMEDirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
SYNOPSIS
use DirHandle;
$d = new DirHandle ".";
if (defined $d) {
while (defined($_ = $d->read)) { something($_); }
$d->rewind;
while (defined($_ = $d->read)) { something_else($_); }
undef $d;
}
DESCRIPTION
The "DirHandle" method provide an alternative interface to
the opendir(), closedir(), readdir(), and rewinddir() func-
tions.
The only objective benefit to using "DirHandle" is that it
avoids namespace pollution by creating globs to hold direc-
tory handles.
NOTES
+ On Mac OS (Classic), the path separator is ':', not '/',
and the current directory is denoted as ':', not '.'.
You should be careful about specifying relative path-
names. While a full path always begins with a volume
name, a relative pathname should always begin with a
':'. If specifying a volume name only, a trailing ':'
is required.
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