When using File::Find I put in a directory name but was hoping to print out a message to tell me if I do not have permissions to search and make changes in that directory. This is on a Windows NT.
I know about the "-r" and "-x" to check for read and execute permissions on a file but how would you get it to check a directory?
I tried the "-r" and "-x" and couldnt get it to print a message if I had no permissions to the directory: 
use strict;
use File::Find;

my $startDir = '\directory\myNTpath';

unless (-d $startDir) {
    die "Directory '$startDir' is not a Directory.\n";
}
  
if(! -r $startDir)  #also tried -x and -w here but it never works
{ 
        #this never prints even if I have no permissions in directory
      print "no permissions to start Directory\n";
}

find(\&processSub, $startDir);

sub processSub {
 print "Found $File::Find::name\n";
}

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I really want to create a message if I dont have permission to "$startDir". Why wont my print statement ("no permissions to start Directory") work??

In reply to File Find permissions check by Anonymous Monk

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