Let us assume that I have the following directory structure:
\user
  \user1
    foo.bar
  \user2
  \user4
  \user500
    foo.bar

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Given:
  1. Each of the user directories has a TON of sub directories.
  2. File::Find seems to start at the lowest subdirectory and work it's way up to the root.
  3. I tried bydepth and it does not seem to limit directory depth like I thought that it would
  4. I am looking for foo.bar, and I know that it will be in the 1st subdirectory under users directory
  5. I will not know the names of the users directories (user1, user2) before the script is run
  6. This is not homework, as I have not attended school in a very long time

File::Find would help me find those subdirectories, but it will also check a ton of files and subdirectories (up to 2 gig per user share at times) that I don't need to look at.

I can write it the file::find way, but I question it's efficiency in this situation.

-OzzyOsbourne

In reply to The situational efficiency of File::Find by OzzyOsbourne

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