I have a sub that recurses through a directory to report disk usage on a per user basis:

# get file information
sub offenders{
    # scan only regular files
    if (-f){

        # owner of file but skip
        # if owner is not a user
        # (uid < 500)
        $uid = (lstat($_))[4];
        unless ($uid < 500){ 
            $uname = getpwuid $uid;

            # gather name of file
            $fname = $File::Find::name;

            # size of file (kb)
            $size = (lstat($_))[7];
            $size = int($size/1000);

            # keep running total of each
            # user's space use
            $size{$uname} += $size;
        }
    }
}
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It seems that -f (plain file) will also count symlinks or perhaps it is following symlinks to directories. I would like the script to not count any symlinks. I tired  if (-f && !-l) but that did not seem to make any difference. I also tried find(\&offenders, $dir, follow_skip=>2); but that did not seem to work either. What have I missed?

Ack! There is no problem after all. Normally, the directories I check are only used by one person. The users created a shared directory. In this directory are the extra files which caused the unexpected readings. Thus the script is fine. Sorry to have bothered you all.