note crabbdean The module I've build already breaks the full file name into 4 pieces - a relative path, base directory, fullfile name and filename. So I've got that bit nicely. The problem with the "File::Find::Rule" is that it utilises the "File::Find" which I'm trying to avoid. Unfortunately considering "File::Find" is a core Perl module it means re-inventing the wheel. Ho hum! Although I do like the interface used on some of the "File::Find::Rule" methods. I have a read through his code. <div class="pmsig"> <div class="pmsig-319416"> <br> [id://319416|Dean]<br> The Funkster of Mirth<br> <i><small>Programming these days takes more than a lone avenger with a compiler. - sam<br> [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt|RFC1149: A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers ]</i></small> </div></div> 348807 348809