If this is the actual code, then the problem is probably a typo ...

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

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Since your chdir isn't going where you want, and the names don't have paths prepended to them, the '-d' test will fail. FWIW rather than chdir I usually just prepend the directory name to the paths. This is less error prone since you don't have to remember to chdir back to the previous directory.

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

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