Re: [MacPerl] Please help me with FSpIterateDirectory

[Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>]

Jim Burton <jim@burtcom.com> asks:
>I recently discovered the procedure in Mac::MoreFiles called
>FSpIterateDirectory, which is supposed to walk through a specified
>directory and call a specified subroutine for each file found. I've tried
>the following code:
>-----
>#!/usr/bin/perl
>
>#walker!
>
>use Mac::MoreFiles;
>FSpIterateDirectory (":",0,DoThis,dummy);
>print "\nFinished\n\n";
>
>sub DoThis {
> print "Information returned: @_\n";
>	}
>-----
>And it seems to return information about only the first file in the
>directory. What have I done wrong?

Jim,

Your subroutine never returns! Note that it never prints the "Finished,"
either. Add

	return 0;

to the end of the subroutine, and it will do what you want.



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