*smacks head repeatly against keyboard* This is why I use modules whenever possible. 
my @newfiles =
    map { File::Spec->catfile($dirname, $_) }
    grep { $_ ne '.' and $_ ne '..' }
        readdir NEWDIR;

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You gotta prepend the directory name onto what you read from the DIR handle.

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Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Navigating Dierctories Recursively by dragonchild
in thread Navigating Dierctories Recursively by cens

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