No, it's not a problem of "/" (even if my first exemple could be wrong).
I mean : if I take ton's code and replace $dh by $dir :

use strict;  # ---> IMPORTANT

my $dir = "toto";
my $file;

sub openNewDir {
    my $dir = shift;
    ### my $dh;
    opendir ($dir, $dir);  # ---> MODIFICATION
    while ($file = readdir ($dir)) {      # ---> MODIFICATION here too
        next if (($file eq '.') || ($file eq '..'));
        if (-d "$dir/$file") { openNewDir("$dir/$file"); } 
        else {
            # Do something with the file
            print "($file)\n";
        }
    }
    close ($dir);  # ---> MODIFICATION here too
}
openNewDir ($dir);

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(I comment important lines).
use strict warm me : Can't use string ("toto") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at test.pl line 13. (that mean during the readdir()).
And when I was trying to explain you, I think I understood why ;) (but not sure)
It could be that readdir() don't know if $dir is a "Directory Handler" or the "Directory" itself...

BoBiOne

In reply to Re: (tye)Re: Recursive opendir without by bobione
in thread Recursive opendir without by bobione

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