Take a look at "perldoc Win32" and specifically Win32::GetFullPathName. No idea if it'll help in your case, but it's worth a try.
Cheers - T From: perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com [mailto:perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com] On Behalf Of Greg Aiken Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 5:33 PM To: perl-win32-users@listserv.activestate.com Subject: $ENV{'temp'} returns result in dos 8.3 format $eight_dot_three = $ENV{'temp'}; #on my system return value is 8.3 truncated directory paths question 1: is there some setting in the registry that controls how env var paths are to be stored and returned? specifically in the old 8.3 truncated ~ version, or the newer win32 full paths? if I can fix this by making a system wide change, this would be preferred... question 2: if there is not a setting in the registry that controls this behavior (or if no one is able to direct me to the proper registry based answer). is there some alternative Perl way to convert the 8.3 path to the full non truncated path value... as in $full_nontruncated_path = &magical_function($eight_dot_three); thanks for your insights... greg
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