I am trying to handle files in a directory and everytime I try to pass the . and .. that come with this I get this error: 
C:\Documents and Settings\UAS\Desktop\GRRUVI\gps\.
stat() on closed filehandle KID at GRRUVI-v1.611-gpsa.pl line 1950.
readline() on closed filehandle KID at GRRUVI-v1.611-gpsa.pl line 1951
+.

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which tells me that it is trying to open the . or .. file. Any ideas on how I can get around this? 
 
                    opendir(GPS,"$new_dir") or die "Cannot open direct
+ory";
                    my @GPS = readdir(GPS);
                    closedir(GPS);
                    
                    foreach my $kid (@GPS){
                        #~ if ($kid ne "." or $kid ne ".."){
                            if (defined($kid)){
                                if ($kid !~ /.bak/ or $kid !~ /.txt/ o
+r $kid !~ /^\.{1,2}$/){
                                #~ if ($kid !~ /.bak/ or $kid !~ /.txt
+/){
                                    open KID , '<', "$new_dir\\$kid";
                                    my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$g
+id,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks) = stat(KID);
                                    my $data = <KID>;
                                    close KID;
                                    if (defined($data)){
                                        my @data = split(" ", $data);
                                        my $diff = time-$mtime;
                                        if ($diff >= 3600){
                                            unlink($kid);
                                        }
                                        elsif ($diff >= 20){
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            #~ }
                        }

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In reply to Catching . .. in file listing by deadpickle

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