File::DosGlob(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide File::DosGlob(3p) #

File::DosGlob(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide File::DosGlob(3p)

NNAAMMEE #

 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS #

     require 5.004;

     # override CORE::glob in current package
     use File::DosGlob 'glob';

     # override CORE::glob in ALL packages (use with extreme caution!)
     use File::DosGlob 'GLOBAL_glob';

     @perlfiles = glob  "..\\pe?l/*.p?";
     print <..\\pe?l/*.p?>;

     # from the command line (overrides only in main::)
     > perl -MFile::DosGlob=glob -e "print <../pe*/*p?>"

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN #

 A module that implements DOS-like globbing with a few enhancements.  It
 is largely compatible with perlglob.exe (the M$ setargv.obj version) in
 all but one respect--it understands wildcards in directory components.

 For example, "<..\\l*b\\file/*glob.p?>" will work as expected (in that it
 will find something like '..\lib\File/DosGlob.pm' alright).  Note that
 all path components are case-insensitive, and that backslashes and
 forward slashes are both accepted, and preserved.  You may have to double
 the backslashes if you are putting them in literally, due to double-
 quotish parsing of the pattern by perl.

 Spaces in the argument delimit distinct patterns, so "glob('*.exe
 *.dll')" globs all filenames that end in ".exe" or ".dll".  If you want
 to put in literal spaces in the glob pattern, you can escape them with
 either double quotes, or backslashes.  e.g. "glob('c:/"Program
 Files"/*/*.dll')", or "glob('c:/Program\ Files/*/*.dll')".  The argument
 is tokenized using "Text::ParseWords::parse_line()", so see
 Text::ParseWords for details of the quoting rules used.

 Extending it to csh patterns is left as an exercise to the reader.

EEXXPPOORRTTSS ((bbyy rreeqquueesstt oonnllyy)) gglloobb(())

BBUUGGSS #

 Should probably be built into the core, and needs to stop pandering to
 DOS habits.  Needs a dose of optimization too.

AAUUTTHHOORR #

 Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@activestate.com>

HHIISSTTOORRYY #

 •   Support for globally overriding gglloobb(()) (GSAR 3-JUN-98)

 •   Scalar context, independent iterator context fixes (GSAR 15-SEP-97)

 •   A few dir-vs-file optimizations result in glob importation being 10
     times faster than using perlglob.exe, and using perlglob.bat is only
     twice as slow as perlglob.exe (GSAR 28-MAY-97)

 •   Several cleanups prompted by lack of compatible perlglob.exe under
     Borland (GSAR 27-MAY-97)

 •   Initial version (GSAR 20-FEB-97)

SSEEEE AALLSSOO #

 perl

 perlglob.bat

 Text::ParseWords

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