[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Change your argument to: E:/BU_0/C/Prefs
>The backslash is escaping the characters it preceeds. Alternative: >E:\\BU_0\\C\\Prefs Nope. Already done both of those (and a lot of other permutations). I may be a UNIX guy, but I've been in double-backslash hell enough to know my way out of that trap. Any other ideas? _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs