Name

checkexclude — test for being a directory file or other reserved purpose name

Synopsis

use Wacs;
scalar checkexclude(filename); 
scalar filename;
 

Summary

The checkexclude returns 1 if the file is one of those that should be excluded from consideration (ie . or .. or one of ours like .info or .unpack). If the file looks genuine, returns 0.

Availability

checkexclude is available only in perl as it is just used for collection management tasks.