[Omaha.pm] opendir, readdir vs. glob

[Dave M]

On 9/26/06, Jay Hannah <jay at jays.net> wrote:
> On 9/25/06, Andy Lester <andy at petdance.com> wrote:
> > On Sep 25, 2006, at 9:22 PM, Jay Hannah wrote:
> >> Ok, when glob is this easy to use why have I been using opendir and
> >> readdir for years?
> >
> > Because you didn't know better.
>
> Why does anyone ever use opendir and readdir? Why aren't they
> deprecated and removed?
>
> >> Anyone out there using Perl on
> >> Windows? Does glob work there?
> >
> > Yes, it does.
>
> Cool. Not that I own a Windows machine, or do any Real Work on
> Windows. Just curious. :)
>
> On Sep 26, 2006, at 6:13 AM, Dave M wrote:
> > glob is nice and easy. I think the only time I end up using readdir is
> > when I want to be specific about what I'm globbing, in which case I
> > mix it with grep.
>
> Why use readdir? Why not just grep your glob?

Purely habit. The first time I was trying to figure out how to do
that, that was the example I saw.