The problem is that the name of the module is File::Find, not just Find

Since it is part of the standard Perl distribution, it will Just Work if you replace

use Find;
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use File::Find;
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The reason is that Perl modules have name spaces, and the structure of these name spaces are reflected in directory structures; the "File" namespace is for modules deal with files and filesystems, and "Find" is one of the modules in that namespace. Thus, when you say use File::Find, perl searches for File/Find.pm in the directories in the @INC array. If you look in the directory where Find.pm resides, you'll see that there are all sorts of other files with names like Copy.pm, and at the top of every one of them will be a line that says package File::[filename];, where "filename" is the name of the file you're looking at minus its ".pm" extension.

HTH

If not P, what? Q maybe?
"Sidney Morgenbesser"

Chris, It did not work. I am getting the following error"
Can't locate lib.pm in @INC
(@INC contains: c:\h\coe\comp\perl\lib\site c:\h\coe \comp\perl\lib c:\perl\lib c:\perl\lib\site c:\perl\lib\site .)
at dir.pl line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at dir.pl line 3."
my scripts as follow:

#!/h/COE/Comp/Perl/bin/perl

use lib `c:/h\COTS\Perl\lib`;
use File::Find;

find(\&wanted,'/h', '/h/COE' );

sub wanted{
     #-d $_ && print "$File::Find::name\n";
}
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thanks

2003-04-16 edit by ybiC: <tt> for error message, <code> for script

Sorry to respond so late, but I was already gone by the time you responded. I doubt you'll still see this, but I'll check for updates regardless.

Did arturo's response point you in the right direction? If not, do you have an update or still need help? Let us know if you're still stuck.

Chris

The following:

use lib 'c:\h\COTS\Perl\lib\';
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Should do what you want. This is the preferred interface to @INC, rather than modifying it directly.

Update: It occurred to me that your entire perl distribution might be in C:\h\COTS. If so, you likely want to modify your installation of perl to reflect that. I'm not clear on where stuff is in Windows, but you likely have a Perl.ini or something like that, where the default @INC is defined. Append to (or replace) the directories in the .ini with your path, and it should be good.

That is, assuming the machine is your own and doing the above wouldn't break anyone else's perl :)

Update: Silly double-quotes. They're single now. Thanks, chromatic!

LAI