Re^2: A better, more powerful fileglob?

Thanks. I think I might go with File::Wildcard. Its syntax is a bit strange, but it's not entirely baroque.

The problem with File::Find::Rule, for my purposes, is that I want to be able to specify the search rule entirely in one succinct string of text, such as a user might supply as a commandline argument. The power of File::Find::Rule is largely in its API, AFAICT.

Update: I have integrated File::Wildcard into my program over here, and it works like a champ.

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Re^3: A better, more powerful fileglob? by suaveant (Parson) on Feb 15, 2007 at 19:48 UTC
It shouldn't be terribly hard to implement that yourself using File::Find or File::Find::Rule, just a bit of parsing of the path string. Not much code and it will work exactly how you want. - Ant - Some of my best work - (1 2 3)	[reply]
Re^4: A better, more powerful fileglob? by jdporter (Paladin) on Feb 15, 2007 at 20:13 UTC
Ah! As implemented in findrule, for example. :-)	[reply]