#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;

use File::Find;
use File::Spec;

my $rootdir = "C:/Documents and Settings/<my name>/My Documents/fantasy";
my @files;

sub wanted {
  my $text = $File::Find::name;
  push @files, $text;
  return;
}

sub directory_contents {
  my ($contents) = @_;
  my $file_tab = $contents;
     $file_tab =~ s{$rootdir}{};
  my $tab = "\t" x ($file_tab =~ tr{/}{});
  my @list = (map("$tab<li>".$_."</li>\n",grep{m/^($contents)\//} @files)); #the grep is where I think I need to put the stop on going lower.
  return join("",@list);
}

sub print_directory {
  my ($file) = @_;
  my $file_tab = $file;
     $file_tab =~ s{$rootdir}{};
  my $tab = "\t" x ($file_tab =~ tr{/}{});
  my $directory = qq{$tab<li>$file\n$tab<ul>\n}.directory_contents($file).qq{$tab</ul>\n$tab</li>\n};
  print $directory;
}

find(\&wanted, $rootdir);

foreach my $entry (File::Spec->no_upwards(@files)) {
  print_directory($entry) if -d $entry;
}