Aah - yes - I had not read that file down ... thanks.

Also - these (completely incorrect) loops: 

FILE:
while (my$file = @files) {
    for my $kp (@KEEP) {
        next FILE if $file eq $kp;
        
    }
    rmtree($deletes);
}
  return;
}

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can be written in a more perlishly as : 
my %keepers = map {$_=>1} @KEEP ; # OR declare %KEEP instead of @KEEP
rmtree ([grep {not $keepers{$_} }@files]);

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(untested).

You probably need to chomp(@files) too, before this operation.

File::Path documentation prefers remove_tree over the legacy rmtree.

        If your eyes hurt after you drink coffee, you have to take the spoon out of the cup.
              -Norm Crosby

In reply to Re^3: Syntax Error deleting files and folders in a directory by NetWallah
in thread Syntax Error deleting files and folders in a directory by smturner1

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