[Gllug] Changing case on filenames

[Chris Ball]

>>>>> "Harry" == Harry Jackson <Jackson> writes:

    >> #!perl -w opendir(DIR, "/path/to/dir"); @files = readdir(DIR);
    >> foreach $file (@files) { rename($file, (lc $file)); }

    Harry> I cannot figure out why you have to be  in the same directory
    Harry> if you have  already opened it in  the script  or am I  doing
    Harry> something wrong.

Ah, hadn't thought of that.  While the dir's being opened with the full
path, the @files array is populated with readdir(), which is just going
to push the bare filenames from the directory handle.  Probably fixed
with a chdir("/path/to/dir"); anywhere before the foreach loop.

- Chris.
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