OK, I'm getting the hang of this format--I guess instead of a preview per se, I have a lag time for editing....

Anyway, in regards to using -r -x (or other tests), that will keep me from churning them through the subroutine, like so:

find ( \&procfile, @DIRS );

sub procfile
{
    return if ! -r -x;

    # do something to everything else here

}
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But I am wondering how to keep Find::File from attempting to enter unpermitted subdirectories before they get processed by the subroutine.

Prost!