Are you trying to open a file or a directory? If a directory, you will need a trailing slash. If a file, you will almost certainly need to specify a file extension. What is your E drive, attached or networked? If networked, have you tried the UNC name?
Dirk Bremer - Systems Programmer II - ESS/AMS - NISC St. Peters 636-922-9158 ext. 8652 fax 636-447-4471 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nisc.cc ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 13:27 Subject: Re: When open doesn't > [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
