1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Dist/Files.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Dist/Files.pm
index c5d5fb0e1..2c4ab53ce 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Dist/Files.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Dist/Files.pm
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ use warnings;
 
 our $VERSION = '0.01';
 
+use IO::Dir;
+
 use Dpkg::Gettext;
 use Dpkg::ErrorHandling;
 
@@ -101,6 +103,19 @@ sub parse {
     return $count;
 }
 
+sub load_dir {
+    my ($self, $dir) = @_;
+
+    my $count = 0;
+    my $dh = IO::Dir->new($dir) or syserr(g_('cannot open directory %s'), $dir);
+
+    while (defined(my $file = $dh->read)) {
+        $count += $self->load("$dir/$file");
+    }
+
+    return $count;
+}
+
 sub get_files {
     my $self = shift;