DirHandle(3)							  DirHandle(3)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     DirHandle - supply	object methods for directory handles

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

	 use DirHandle;
	 $d = new DirHandle ".";
	 if (defined $d) {
	     while (defined($_ = $d->read)) { something($_); }
	     $d->rewind;
	     while (defined($_ = $d->read)) { something_else($_); }
	     undef $d;
	 }

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The DirHandle method provide an alternative interface to the opendir(),
     closedir(), readdir(), and	rewinddir() functions.

     The only objective	benefit	to using DirHandle is that it avoids namespace
     pollution by creating globs to hold directory handles.


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