On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Arghya Das <arghya0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> #copies 1 file to another
>
> use warnings;
>
> use File::Copy;
>
> copy("FILE1.txt","new_file.txt");
>
>
>
> This script works if FILE1.txt is in current directory of windows but when
> i try to give a full path to a file like : "C:\Folder1\FILE1.txt" it doesnt
> work.
>
> This is the same with rename and unlink functions of perl;
>
>
> please help.
>
The backslash (\) is used as an escape character. In order to use
backslashes, you would have to escape the backslash
("C:\\Folder1\\FILE1.txt").
Or you can use forward slashes ("C:/Folder1/FILE1.txt" ).
You should also check for errors. For example (untested):
my $file1 = 'FILE1.txt';
my $file2 = 'FILE2.txt';
copy( $file1, $file2) or
die "Unable to copy $file1 to $file2: $^E";
HTH, Ken
