Don't use double quotes unless you want in type more escape characters. Use single quotes instead, it uses exactly these characters (not really the best description). Double quotes allows for variables to be interpreted... which you don't need in this instance. >> my $file_to_get = '\\PC332\\C$\\Folder\\SubFolder\\File.txt'; --------------------------------------------------------------- Charles E. Pelkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] C.P. Designs http://www.geocities.com/cp_designz/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
