My first thought is "spaces" in the path or file name. Best one is the nasty "c:\Program Files" one! Try this: my @results = `copy $source\\$_ $dest`; print "results: @results"; (or use the debugger, I do that a lot for this stuff... -Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] 770.977.4676
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Kassebaum Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:48 PM To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com Subject: System Calls On my Windows XP this line: `copy $source\\$_ $dest`; will copy files from c:\whatever\whatever\file.ext to the directory the Perl script is in, but not to $dest. How do I make it copy to $dest? FYI, $source="c:\\whatever\\whatever"; so the backslash isn't the problem. In short, my question is, How do I do DOS commands from Perl, since `whatever` doesn't work. Jerry Kassebaum _____ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. Share now! <http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_122007>
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