I have the following code as an example but can't seem to figure out how to use it in my code. In my code I read 5,000+ folders in a file and then parse them and write the results of those files to another directory file by file. I'd like to use the progress bar included here in the subroutine in my script but I don't know where to put the call backs to track time. In this example below they just use a loop and count down. I can do that but it won't be an accurate representation to track with I'm doing.

#!/usr/bin/perl
# a nearly trivial script to mount /mnt/camera on
# dev/ttyUSB1, create a target dir, and copy pics 
# from camera to dir.
# Note that mount stuff has been excised for brevity.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
$| = 1;
use strict;
use Tk;
use Tk::Pane;
use Tk::ProgressBar;

my $message = 'Ready';
my $main = MainWindow->new();
$main->configure(-title=>'Camera 2 Disk', -background =>'blue');
$main->geometry('370x200+100+00');
my $label = $main->Label(-text =>"Digital Camera Tool\nCopy Images fro
+m Fuji FinePix to Disk",
            -relief => 'raised',
            -background =>'#42b4b4')
    ->pack(-side=>'top', -fill =>'both');

my $button_frame = $main->Frame(-relief=>'raised')
    ->pack(-side => 'top', -fill => 'x');
my $dump = $button_frame->Button(-text => 'Dump',
             -command => \&get_files)
    ->pack(-side =>'left', -anchor => 'w');

my $status_text = 'Ready';
my $status_label = $button_frame->Label(
            #-textvariable =>\$status_text,
            -relief => 'raised',
            -background =>'grey77')
    ->pack(-side=>'left',-fill=>'both', -expand=>'1');

my $exit = $button_frame->Button(-text => 'Exit', -command => 'exit')
    ->pack(-side =>'right');

my $status = $main->Scrolled('Pane', -scrollbars => 'se', -relief => '
+flat')
    ->pack(-side=>'top', -fill=>'both', -expand=>'y');
#$status->Label(textvariable =>\$message,
            #-relief => 'flat');
    #->pack(-side=>'top', -fill =>'both');

my $percent_done;
my $position = '0';
my $progress = $main->ProgressBar(-troughcolor => 'grey70',
        -width => 20,
        -length => 370,
        -anchor => 'w',
        -from => 0,
        -to => 100,
        -blocks => 0.1,
        -colors => [0, 'blue', 100],
    )->pack(-side=>'left', -fill=>'both');

$progress->value($position);

MainLoop();
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
sub get_files {
my $i;
while ($i <= 10 ) {
    $percent_done = int(($i/10) * 100);
    $progress->value($percent_done);
    $progress->update;
    $i++;
    sleep(1);
    $message = "Loop number $i.";
    }
}

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