It was my understanding that line 154 gets all files within the input directory. I got this from http://perl.about.com/od/filesystem/qt/perlglob.htm . Initially, I was writing this script on W7 and the line didn't include quotations, then I switched to an XP machine and had to include the quotations for it to work.

I changed the line as you suggested, but the program enters an infinite loop.

After some debugging, testing both lines:

my @files = <"$inputDir"*>

and

my @files = glob "$inputDir*";

only output the topic directory path, whereas

my @files = <*>

and

my @files = glob "*";

actually output the files within the present working directory.

In reply to Re^3: Invalid top directory at C:/Perl/lib/File/Find.pm line 598 by JHermida
in thread Invalid top directory at C:/Perl/lib/File/Find.pm line 598 by JHermida

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