Re^2: Compare dates help!

[Anonymous Monk]

What about this, and that's right, that's how we all learn, let me know:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
use Date::Calc qw( Today Add_Delta_Days);


# get todays date:::
my $file_date = sprintf "%04d/%02d/%02d", Today();

my $current_dir = "alldir";

my $exp_dir_date = sprintf "%04d/%02d/%02d",Add_Delta_Days( Today(), -
+45 );

print "\n45 Days ago:::$exp_dir_date\n";

my $dir_name = strftime("%Y%m%d",localtime(time));

# when this runs, it will create a new dir in alldir directory.

unless(-e $current_dir."/".$dir_name or mkdir ($current_dir."/".$dir_n
+ame, 0755)) {
        die "Unable to create $current_dir."/".$dir_name\n";
    }

#now open $current_dir and read its content deleting any directory old
+er than 45 days

opendir (DIR, $current_dir) or die "Couldn't open directory, $!";
while (my $file = readdir DIR)
{
  next if $file=~/^\./;
  $file =~ s/(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/$1\/$2\/$3/;
  if($file lt $exp_dir_date){
    $file =~ s/(\d{4})\/(\d{2})\/(\d{2})/$1$2$3/;
    print "\nDELETE:::$file - $file_date - $exp_dir_date\n\n";
    rmdir("alldir/$file"); #-------> remove directory 
  }else{
    
    print "\nOK:::$file* = $file_date - $exp_dir_date\n\n";      
  
  }
}
closedir DIR;

print "\n\ndone\n";