In the ActiveState distribution of Perl for win32 platform, someone at work pointed out a module called File::Recurse. I had never heard of it before. It seems to be installed with the File::Tools bundle on ActiveState. It seems have similar functionality to File::Find

Has anyone played with it or know much about it. Is it a standard module bundled with most perl distributions or is a proprietary or obsolete module ? Is there any point in using it instead of File::Find ?

The only reference I found in SuperSearch was Errors in File::Recurse()? which seems to suggest File::Find might be a bit faster.

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Excerpts from File::Recurse Documentation:
The File::Recurse module is designed for performing an operation on a tree of directories and files. The basic usage is simmilar to the find.pl library. Once one uses the File::Recurse module, you need only call the recurse function in order to perform recursive directory operations.

AUTHOR Written in 1996 by Aaron Sherman, ajs@ajs.com

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edited: Wed Oct 16 16:09:54 2002 by jeffa - fixed cpan link (Unladened, empty and turned to stone)