I originally *HAD* used File::Find, but it did not recurse (nor did File::Recurse) the files the way I wanted it to. I looked through and couldn't (nor could anybody else) find a way to fool it into changing the order it did things.

So I'm writing my own recursion that adresses symlinks *first* and then looks at directories.

Trust me...if I could use File::Find to do what I wanted, I would do it in a heartbeat. I *like* File::Find

Thanks for the pointer, though :)