The eval/die works fine, but you should note that it will mess upp your current working directory unless you specify no_chdir => 1 in your call to find(), and then you have to use $File::Find::name to access the file. This works for me (it really should be improved to die with a particular text, like this post: Re: File::Find redux: how to limit hits?): 

=head2 raDataFileFind($dir, [$noMax = 0])

Return array ref with relative file names from the $dir
directory.

$noMax -- The maximum number of files returned (0 means no
limit).

Return [] on errors.

=cut
sub raDataFileFind {
    my ($dir, $noMax) = @_;
    $noMax ||= 0;

    my $no = 0;
    my @aFile;
    eval {
        find( {
                wanted => sub {
                    if(/\.txt(\.gz)?$/) {
                        die() if($noMax && ($no++ >= $noMax));
                        push(@aFile, $File::Find::name);
                        };
                    },
                no_chdir => 1,
                },
            "$dir/");
        };

    return(\@aFile);
    }

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Does anyone know why the author of File::Find elected to make it the default action to chdir into the subdirectories? Is there any benefit of doing that, or is it an arbitrary choise?

/J

In reply to Re: File::Find redux: how to limit hits? by jplindstrom
in thread File::Find redux: how to limit hits? by u914

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