Hello all,

I am using ActiveState Perl 5.8.8 and File::Find to get a listing of all files on a mapped network drive in Windows XP. However, the program runs for awhile then dies with this error:

Can't cd to j:/AAA/Bargleblasters/Blued wrangler and confluenced switchbacks copies are filed with another cheese/BB mashed/ss-wwwwww tartan/1234 AS Quince/1DD LKu & Dogs & References/1 GH ASDFd/KCOES CVBND/4 is spring 2232 BFGH Vicarsd/11-1 Confusications/22-3-2 JJJJJ../.. at C:/Perl/lib/File/Find.pm line 940.

Is there a way to catch this error, so the program can continue? It's not a matter of user rights; I can cd to the location normally and read the files in it. I am curious if maybe the length of the path comes into play (IIRC, there's only so much you can handle via network as opposed to a physical drive path)

Any guidance would be appreciated. Here's my code:

#!/perl/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use File::Find;

find(\&wanted,  ('j:', 'k:', 'l:', 'm:'));

sub wanted
{
    if ($File::Find::name =~ m/lnk$/i)
    {
        warn("Cannot process $File::Find::name: Shortcut\n");
    }
    elsif (-f $File::Find::name)
    {
        print($File::Find::name, "\n");
    }
    else
    {
        warn("Cannot process $File::Find::name: Directory or unknown t
+ype\n");
    }
}

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Update (for samtregar): The directory in question has two files in it, and no directories (none named '..', '../..', or any other funny business)

In reply to Is there a way to catch an error within a module? by romandas

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