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If you don't mind a chdir, then add it first: 
chdir $area or die "chdir $area: $!";
@file_list = glob("@files");

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RE: Re: Getting a List of Files Via Glob
by Zoogie (Curate) on May 30, 2000 at 21:14 UTC
    I considered this, but I'd have to return the original working directory at the sub, since other subs assume that the working dir hasn't changed.

    I suppose I could save the original working dir with
    $prevdir = `pwd`;
    But executing the shell command doesn't seem like it would be much more efficient than mapping the directory name on to each glob and then chopping it off...

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      Use Cwd. It's a standard module. 
      use Cwd;

my $dir = cwd();
chdir $otherdir;
# do something
chdir $dir;

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