I only know the first part. qq is double quotes. As opposed to the qw which
is single quotes.
Good for interpolating!
-T
----- Original Message -----
From: "Saadat Saeed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dan Muey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:07 PM
Subject: RE: the File::Copy module
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for all your inputs now below you mentioned
>
> copy(qq(\\machine1\share\$file),qq(\\mahine2\share\$file))
>
> sorry for my ignorance but what is qq????
>
> also if I want to be smart and copy it to the c: drive
> of some user - assuming I am running the script from a
> Domain Admin login
>
> eg. \\machine1\c$\file
>
> then the dollar sign won't work as expected right -
> given my limited understanding will a \$ work then!!!
>
> Regards
> --- Dan Muey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- Dan Muey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Try:
> > > > >
> > > > > use strict;
> > > > > use warnings;
> > > > > ...
> > > > > my $returnValue =
> > > > >
> > > > >
> >
> "copy("\\\\machine1\\share\\file1","\\\\machine2\\share\\file2");
> > > > ^ I think that quote will cause problems.
> > > >
> > > > Have you tried single quotes also? That way you
> > don't
> > > have to worry
> > > > about properly escaping the \.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> copy('\\machine1\share\file1','\\machine2\share\file2')
> >
> > > or die "Copy
> > > > failed $!";
> > > >
> > > > Just a thought
> > >
> > > That won't work if the write decides that "file1"
> > should be a
> > > variable instead. Just a thought :-/
> >
> > Ok, in the example file1 wasn't a variable but if
> > you dod want to do
> > \\machine1\share\$file
> >
> >
> >
> copy(qq(\\machine1\share\$file),qq(\\mahine2\share\$file))
> > or ...
> >
> > Would that cover all the bases?
> >
> > DMuey
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Dmuey
> > > >
> > >
> > > -JW
> > >
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