find - traverse a file tree
finddepth - traverse a directory structure depth-first
SYNOPSIS
use File::Find;
find(\&wanted, '/foo','/bar');
sub wanted { ... }
use File::Find;
finddepth(\&wanted, '/foo','/bar');
sub wanted { ... }
DESCRIPTION
The first argument to find() is either a hash reference
describing the operations to be performed for each file, a
code reference, or a string that contains a subroutine name.
If it is a hash reference, then the value for the key wanted
should be a code reference. This code reference is called
thewanted() function below.
Currently the only other supported key for the above hash is
bydepth, in presense of which the walk over directories is
performed depth-first. Entry point finddepth() is a
shortcut for specifying { bydepth = 1}> in the first
argument of find().
The wanted() function does whatever verifications you want.
$File::Find::dir contains the current directory name, and $_
the current filename within that directory.
$File::Find::name contains "$File::Find::dir/$_". You are
chdir()'d to $File::Find::dir when the function is called.
The function may set $File::Find::prune to prune the tree.
File::Find assumes that you don't alter the $_ variable. If
you do then make sure you return it to its original value
before exiting your function.
This library is useful for the find2perl tool, which when
fed,
find2perl / -name .nfs\* -mtime +7 \
-exec rm -f {} \; -o -fstype nfs -prune
produces something like:
sub wanted {
/^\.nfs.*$/ &&
(($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid) = lstat($_)) &&
int(-M _) > 7 &&
unlink($_)
||
($nlink || (($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid) = lstat($_))) &&
$dev < 0 &&
($File::Find::prune = 1);
}
Set the variable $File::Find::dont_use_nlink if you're using
AFS, since AFS cheats.
finddepth is just like find, except that it does a depth-
first search.
Here's another interesting wanted function. It will find
all symlinks that don't resolve:
sub wanted {
-l && !-e && print "bogus link: $File::Find::name\n";
}
BUGS
There is no way to make find or finddepth follow symlinks.