Based on all your input, I have spent the last few hours readin up on find::file and believe it is the best way to go. However, i do have one remaining question.

First, herre is my code I have come up with:

use File::Find;

finddepth (\&RetrieveAll, "c:\\fpx");

sub RetrieveAll {
    push (@list,$_,"\n");
}
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How do I get $_ to include the absolute path of the file? $_ lists the folder name, then all files within it... i'd rather have the absolute path.

Is this simple?

perldoc File::Find says:

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 the complete pathname to the file.

Btw - what's that "\n" do there in the push()? :-)
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Makeshifts last the longest.

Hi Simon, you just have to use the module variable $File::Find::name instead of $_. It's as easy as that. So your code will look like

use File::Find;

finddepth (\&RetrieveAll, "c:\\fpx");

sub RetrieveAll {
    push (@list,$File::Find::name,"\n");
}
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HTH

weini