I don't understand how this code:

my $directory = File::Spec->catfile(my @path, my $directoryTest);
opendir DIR,my $directory or die "cannot open dir $directory: $!";
my @file= readdir DIR;
my @FinalDirectoryList;
push (my @FinalDirectoryList,my @file);
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Gives this error ""my" variable @file masks earlier declaration in same scope at /root/begperl/DirectorySearch.plx line 20" I understand what the error means but "my @file" only appears 2x in the program. There are several more like this. Full code below.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Spec::Functions;

print "First Box in Disk?\n";
my $firstBox = <stdin>;
print "Last Box in Disk?\n";
my $lastBox = <stdin>;
print "Pick Directory\n";
my $directoryTest = <stdin>;
my @path="/root/begperl/TestDirectory/";


my $directory = File::Spec->catfile(my @path, my $directoryTest);
opendir DIR,my $directory or die "cannot open dir $directory: $!";
my @file= readdir DIR;
my @FinalDirectoryList;
push (my @FinalDirectoryList,my @file);

foreach my $file (@file) {print "$file\n";}


close FileNameList;              #close the file.
closedir DIR;             #close directory
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