Thank you for your input. I corrected all of the bullet points you suggested with one exception; my @files is declared twice because I want to copy files and directories from the $destinationDir to the $deletes var. Can I do this with only one of the methods @files?

use strict;
use warnings;
use autodie;
use File::Path qw(make_path rmtree);

#Set vars 
my $destinationDir = 'C:\Users\Shaun\Documents\$website';     
my $file;

#Set File/Folders to exclude from delete
my @KEEP = (
  'Prg421 pdf',
);


#Set routine to do selective delete  
sub selective_delete {
opendir my ($deletes), $destinationDir;
    
#Set params
my @files = glob( "$deletes/*" );
my @files = ( readdir $deletes );

#loop through directory copying all files and folders to $del for dele
+tion
FILE:
while (my$file = @files) {
    for my $kp (@KEEP) {
        next FILE if $file eq $kp;
        
    }
    rmtree($deletes);
}
  return;
}

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In reply to Re^2: Syntax Error deleting files and folders in a directory by smturner1
in thread Syntax Error deleting files and folders in a directory by smturner1

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