capturing from path

amoura has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: capturing from path by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Jul 09, 2002 at 21:19 UTC
You may also be interested in reading the responses to these nodes below, as a very similar question was also asked today by one of your classmates: greping from a file capturing names	[reply]
Re: capturing from path by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jul 09, 2002 at 20:50 UTC
Hiya. Your question is rather unclear - do you want to store the files' contents' in the variables or just the filenames? In either case you will need `readdir`. In case you want to read the files, you will also need `open` and `close` as well as the `<FILEHANDLE>` operator. Once you explain yourself more clearly, we can provide more specific answers as well. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: capturing from path by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Jul 09, 2002 at 20:57 UTC
To break a path up into directory and file components, you can either split on the / character, or for a more portable solution, use File::Spec's splitpath and splitdir functions.	[reply]