"Beau E. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi - > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Guy P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 9:10 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Backslash in a string > > > > > > Hello, > > My Perl program execute a query that bring back into a variable a Windows > > paths initially stored in a database. I have got problems to manage the > > backslash. > > > > Example: > > > > Here's what is stored in the database --> > > \Directions\unit\progr\sourcsql > > I would like to get it in a variable thus I could use the Perl print > > function and have the same printed on the screen. > > > > Thank you! > > > > Escape the esacpe character; if $var holds your > path, do: > > $var =~ s/\\/\\\\/g; > > This replaces \ with \\ which will then print as \. > > Pretty messy, yeah? >
You can use a forward slash for directory seperators inside perl and it will know which file you are talking about: open( FH, 'c:/path/to/file.ext' ) or die( "open failed: $!" ); Todd W. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
