#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use File::Find;

sub findtime
{
if ( -f "$File::Find::name" && "$File::Find::name" =~ /.*\.txt/i)
{
}
}

while (true)
{
sleep 3;
find(\&findtime,"/test");
}

and the number of files( both total and *.txt files) under the directory /test is the same. Additionally, i have observed that the memmory hogged by the server(which has the issue), apart from being huge at the initiation itself, grows with time.

I have done a diff between the File/Find.pm files of the two servers and noticed that following are the differences.( lets call the server hogging memmory as s1 and the other as s2)

s1
--
17c17
<     find(\&wanted, @directories_to_seach);
---
s2
---
>     find(\&wanted, @directories_to_search);
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
s1
--
42c42
< order they are given.  In essense, it works from the top down.
---
s2
--
> order they are given.  In essence, it works from the top down.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
s1
--
571c571
<     local($dir, $name, $fullname, $prune);
---
s2
--
>     local($dir, $name, $fullname, $prune, $_);
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
s2
--
702a703
>           $_ = $name if $no_chdir;