Uses File::Copy::Recursive, but wedges another 'copy' sub so that a progress bar, or some other hook, can be displayed or run.

update:

The real trick to this particular snippet is determining that File::Copy::Recursive uses File::Copy::copy, but the copy sub is imported into the File::Copy::Recursive namespace rather than its own namespace. If you try to hook File::Copy::copy, it will not work.

For completeness, thank you jdporter, here is what it would look like if Hook::LexWrap was used:

use Hook::LexWrap;
use File::Copy::Recursive qw(dircopy);
use strict;
use vars qw($dir_from $dir_to);
$dir_from = "/tmp/from";
$dir_to = "/tmp/to";

$|=1;

# Using Hook::LexWrap
my @dirs;
wrap *File::Copy::Recursive::copy,
    pre => sub { @dirs = @_ },
    post => sub { printf "copying %s to %s. \r", @dirs };

dircopy($dir_from, $dir_to);
print "\n";

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use File::Copy::Recursive qw(dircopy);
use strict;
use vars qw($dir_from $dir_to *mycopy);
$dir_from = "/tmp/from";
$dir_to = "/tmp/to";

sub mycopy_func {
    # call the original
    &mycopy(@_);

    # call my sub after
    mycopy_showprogress(@_); 
}

sub mycopy_showprogress {
    # this could call anything to show progress or even
    # to operate on the file being copied
    printf "copying %s to %s. \r",@_;
}

$|=1;

# Add the hook
*mycopy = *File::Copy::Recursive::copy;
*File::Copy::Recursive::copy = *mycopy_func;

dircopy($dir_from, $dir_to);
print "\n";

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