Hi,
I am using File::Find to recursively search the directories for a file. I want to return TRUE as soon as there is a match. I am using the following code snippet. 
($languagefile) = find(\&search_localdir, $local_inst_dir);

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sub search_localdir {
    chomp($FILE_TO_FIND);
    if ($FILE_TO_FIND eq $_){
        print "SRC:$FILE_TO_FIND\nDES:$_\n";
        return $File::Find::name;
    }
    return 0;
}

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Problem here is it is not returning when there is a match. It continues to check the remaining files also. What I want is, it should return the filename and transfer the control to main program without further find. Please help me to achieve that.
Thanks,

In reply to Problem - Recursive file find using File::Find by Anonymous Monk

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