Let's take a look at the File::Find docs and see what they have to say on the subject...

$File::Find::dir contains the current directory name, and $_ the current filename within that directory. $File::Find::name contains "$File::Find::dir/$_". You are chdir()'d to $File::Find::dir when the function is called.

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