#       This implements the logical recursion that we use to 
#       cheat the order find() imposes;

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Perhaps you don't realize that you can control the order in which File::Find descends, at least in 5.6: 
    `preprocess'
       The value should be a code reference. This code reference is us
+ed to
       preprocess a directory; it is called after readdir() but before
+ the
       loop that calls the wanted() function. It is called with a list
+ of
       strings and is expected to return a list of strings. The code c
+an be
       used to sort the strings alphabetically, numerically, or to fil
+ter
       out directory entries based on their name alone.

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So, for example, if you wanted all subdirectories to be processed after files, you could add: 
  ... preprocess => sub { sort { -d $a <=> -d $b } @_ }, ...

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to the argument list (see the docs). I haven't played with this, because I'm still on 5.5.3 waiting for 5.6.1, but give it a whirl if you're already in the "new" zone.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

In reply to Re: It does exactly the opposite of what I want it to! by merlyn
in thread It does exactly the opposite of what I want it to! by SamQi

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