Hi, I have some code where, i change to a certain directory, read the contents of the directory, and then do a foreach through the contents. I test if each member is a directory using the -d switch, however it seems to be recognizing all files AND direcories as only files. Could someone tell me if i'm using the -d switch properly? Response is greatly appreciated. Here is the code: 

sub ScanDirectory{

    my ($startdir) = @_;
    chdir("$stardir\\") or die "Unable to enter dir $startdir:$!\n";

    opendir(DIR, "$startdir") or die "Unable to open $workdir:$!\n";

    my @names = readdir(DIR) or die "Unable to read $workdir:$!\n";

    closedir(DIR);

    foreach my $name (@names)
    {
        next if ($name eq ".");
        next if ($name eq "..");

        if (-d $name)      # is this a directory?
        {     
                print "DIRECTORY $currentDir \n";
        }
        else
        {
                  print "FILE $currentFile";
                # it always passes through this condition.
        }
}

[download]

In reply to The -d switch isn't working as I expected it to (test to see if its a directory) by heigold1

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.