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Manpages File::PathSection: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3perl)Updated: 2005-03-28 Index Return to Main Contents NAMEFile::Path - create or remove directory treesSYNOPSISuse File::Path; mkpath(['/foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 0711); rmtree(['foo/bar/baz', 'blurfl/quux'], 1, 1); DESCRIPTIONThe "mkpath" function provides a convenient way to create directories, even if your "mkdir" kernel call won't create more than one level of directory at a time. "mkpath" takes three arguments:
It returns a list of all directories (including intermediates, determined using the Unix '/' separator) created. Similarly, the "rmtree" function provides a convenient way to delete a subtree from the directory structure, much like the Unix command "rm -r". "rmtree" takes three arguments:
It returns the number of files successfully deleted. Symlinks are simply deleted and not followed. NOTE: If the third parameter is not TRUE, "rmtree" is unsecure in the face of failure or interruption. Files and directories which were not deleted may be left with permissions reset to allow world read and write access. Note also that the occurrence of errors in rmtree can be determined only by trapping diagnostic messages using $SIG{__WARN__}; it is not apparent from the return value. Therefore, you must be extremely careful about using "rmtree($foo,$bar,0" in situations where security is an issue. AUTHORSTim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> and Charles Bailey <bailey@newman.upenn.edu>
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