[Gllug] Changing case on filenames

[Jackson, Harry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Ball [mailto:chris at void.printf.net]
> 
> #!perl -w
> opendir(DIR, "/path/to/dir");
> @files = readdir(DIR);
> 
> foreach $file (@files) {
>     rename($file, (lc $file));
> }

It does but only if you are in the directory with the files. Can someone
tell me why this is as I cannot figure out why you have to be in the same
directory if you have already opened it in the script or am I doing
something wrong.


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