perlquestion Zoogie I need to get a list of files that fit a set of filename globs input by the user. The problem is, the files may be in a different directory. For example, if the user enters:<p> <pre> $area = "public/test/"; @files = ("*.txt", "_*"); </pre> The function should return something like:<br> <pre> readme.txt, files.txt, _index, _sortopts, ... etc. </pre> I'm trying to use the glob function, but if you specify another directory, that directory name is prepended to every filename. Here's my current function:<p> <pre> @file_list = map { /^$area(.*)/; $1 } glob(join(' ',map { $area.$_ } @files)); </pre> Works as expected, but that seems like a lot more work than necessary. Is there an easier / clearer / more efficient way to do this?