Without the code it's hard to comment. The only thing that I can offer of value is to ask if you're using File::Find.

If not, I think it will do what you're looking for. $File::Find::name contains the full path to whatever you're working with at the moment. You pass it a sub to call for each file/dir it finds. Here's one that I use to purge all files older than 14 days.

sub process_file {

    my($name, @contents);
    $name = $File::Find::name;
    #change /'s to 's for the attrib command on windows platforms
    $name =~ s#/#\\#g;
    if (!-l && -d _) {
        unless (@contents = <$File::Find::name/*>) {
            if (rmdir($File::Find::name)) {
                    print LOGFILE "Directory $name empty - deleted.\n"
+;
            }
            elsif ((!`attrib -R $name`) && (rmdir($File::Find::name)))
+ {
                print LOGFILE "Directory $name empty - deleted(Read On
+ly).\n";
            }
            else {
                print LOGFILE "ERR: Can't delete $name - $!\n";
            }
        }
    }
    else {
        my ($age, $size, $max_age);

        $max_age = 14;
        $age = int( -M ) < int( -C ) ? int( -M ) : int( -C );
        if ($age > $max_age)  {
            $size = (-s);
            if (unlink($File::Find::name) ) {
                print "$File::Find::name, - $age days, $size \n";
                print LOGFILE "$File::Find::name, - $age days, $size \
+n";
            }
            elsif ((!`attrib -R $name`) && (unlink($File::Find::name))
+) {
                print LOGFILE "$File::Find::name, - $age days, $size (
+Read Only)\n\n";
            }
            else {
                print LOGFILE "ERR: Couldn't delete $File::Find::name 
+- $!\n";
            }
        }
    }
}
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Hope that helps.. Rich

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