sub get_files {
    my $directory = shift;    
    opendir (DIR, $directory) or die "couldn't open directory: $directory";
    
    my @myfiles;
    my @directories_to_search = ("$directory");
    my $wanted = sub { 
        my $name = $File::Find::name;
        if ( $name =~ /html$/i && ! ( $name =~ /\.backup\.before/i ) ) {
            $name =~ s|\\|/|; # substitute forward slash for back slashes, icky but don't know a better way.
            #print "name: $name\n";
            push @myfiles, $name;
        } 
    } # end sub wanted

    find($wanted, @directories_to_search);
    
       return @myfiles;
}