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Be wary of the File::Find module, it has a memory leak. See File::Find memory leak I tend to avoid it now.

Is there a Win32 module similar to File::Dirsync or File::Repl mentioned above? My search on ppm3 didn't find anything. I'm looking for a similar solution myself. It my searches prove unsuccessful I'll end up writing my own, just researching now.

Thanks
Dean

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Re: Re: Re: Copying a directory recursively
by flyingmoose (Priest) on Mar 10, 2004 at 13:56 UTC
    File::Repl works on Win32. ppm probably doesn't have it, but IIRC you can install from CPAN without needing a compiler.

    perl -MCPAN -e "install File::Repl".

    I would try that -- if you have problems, you may need to download a free copy of nmake from Microsoft (and possibly rename it make) to get CPAN to work, but other than that, it should be fine. Again, I don't think a compiler is required. We use this module at Work on Win32 quite often in our build system. No problems yet!

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      The commands seemed to work, although its not completing the install. I also had to punch a few holes in my firewall. haha! Not knowing a lot about this way of compiling I'd probably need to research more. I'll have to look into it later or consult the group in another thread. Below is the trail end of the install to show the error. If you wish to respond write me at crabbdean at hotmail.com rather than dirty this thread with an adjunct conversation.

      Removing previously used \.cpan\build\Win32-API-0.41

  CPAN.pm: Going to build A/AC/ACALPINI/Win32-API-0.41.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Win32::API::Callback
Writing Makefile for Win32::API
    -- OK
Running make test
   test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
Running make for D/DR/DROBERTS/File-Repl-1.20.tar.gz
  Is already unwrapped into directory \.cpan\build\File-Repl-1.20

  CPAN.pm: Going to build D/DR/DROBERTS/File-Repl-1.20.tar.gz

    -- OK
Running make test
   test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

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      Dean

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        The monastery collapses discussion nodes when they get too deep. Responding here is not a problem for those reading this thread as the nodes *will* collapse.

        Anyhow, you need to switch into c:/.cpan and run the test suite, see what fails, you won't have as much control from CPAN.pm. make, make test, make install. If you are *very* brave, you might be able to skip "make test" -- but I don't recommend it.

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