2009/11/4 Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com>: > axr0284 wrote: >> Hi, >> I was wondering if anybody can tell me what I am doing wrong. I am >> trying to use xcopy: >> system("XCOPY", "KCPSM3.EXE", $s_tempLocation, "/R /Y"); >> >> $s_tempLocation contains "c:\temp" >> >> When I run the script, I get the following error message: >> Invalid number of parameters >> >> The following command in the command prompt works fine: >> xcopy KCPSM3.EXE c:\temp /R /Y
You might also want to escape the c:\temp to c:\\temp. If I'm not mistaken "XCOPY /R /Y" as the first arg to system should also work. Dp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/