in reply to Re: Puzzled by File::Find
in thread Puzzled by File::Find

Nail on the head. Thanks. I had stupidly assumed that these funny names were constructed by File::Find. Is there an easy way to tell File:Find to skip directories when not permitted to look at them?

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Re^3: Puzzled by File::Find
by Anonymous Monk on May 03, 2012 at 15:32 UTC
    Use -d, -r, & -x functions to test the permissions to accept or reject a file.
Re^3: Puzzled by File::Find
by dbae (Beadle) on May 03, 2012 at 15:47 UTC
    Sorry: a misleading request. Presumably File::Find::find will automatically skip unreadable directories, and output an error message to STDERR. So I don't need to tell find to do any skipping. I think I should keep quiet for a while!!