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I don't have enough time to go through all of the code right now, but I do see quite a few reinvented wheels, as has been discussed before, for example, I've pointed you to File::Spec before. Reinventing wheels gives you more code to maintain, more code to test, and more chances to introduce bugs. For example, toNicePath is incorrect: a backslash \ is a valid character in *NIX filenames. Getting portability right is tricky, which is why modules like File::Spec exist in the first place.

I strongly recommend you take the time to study what modules are available to you, especially what core modules, as those are (almost) always installed.

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Re^3: perl script to compare two directories
by afoken (Chancellor) on Jul 14, 2019 at 00:46 UTC
    I've pointed you to File::Spec before. Reinventing wheels gives you more code to maintain, more code to test, and more chances to introduce bugs.

    I fully agree to use modules instead of re-inventing the wheel, poorly.

    BUT: File::Spec is one of the modules that have a conceptual error, probably since the first version. See:

    Even with that error, it is better than re-inventing the wheel.

    Alexander

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