I don't know why I see glob so rarely recommended in the monastary. I understand earlier perl versions had some problems on some OSs, but it's fine now (isn't it?)

 my @folders = glob('//pcname-vm/c$/program files/adobe/*');
[download]

Looks much cleaner, doesn't it? And probably you weren't interested in all of the files in the adobe directory anyway.

I do a bit of this sort of work, here are some other things that might be interesting:

• 'c:/program files' is language dependant. eg here in Germany it's 'c:/programme'
• Win32::TieRegistry works across networks, you might find it easier and quicker, particularly for finding versions of installed software.
• This kind of task is called 'software inventory'. There are commercial products available.

UPdate: correction in code

---

---

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! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

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:
	&		&
	<		&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.