PERL opendir Function

Syntax

Definition and Usage

Opens the directory EXPR, associating it with DIRHANDLE for processing, using the readdir function

Return Value

• 0 on failure

• 0 on failure

Example

Try out following example:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

$dirname = "/tmp";

opendir ( DIR, $dirname ) || die "Error in opening dir $dirname\n";
while( ($filename = readdir(DIR))){
     print("$filename\n");
}
closedir(DIR);

It will produce following results:

.
..
testdir