> > @filelist = glob("w:/stleg/Colorado/House_98/*.htm"); > > > > And when I rename the directory to "House 98" (space instead of > > underscore), the following does not: > >
The reason is you escaped the space in $MyLoc but not in /House 98/. If you escape the space in /House 98/ (IE /House\ 98/) like you did in $MyLoc it will probably work. Likewise if you Unescape $MyLoc (IE my $MyLoc = "d:/00Common Perl/"; ^ no slash here) It will probably fail. HTH DMuey > > my $MyLoc = "d:/00Common\ Perl/"; > chdir($MyLoc) || die "Unable to change to directory $MyLoc: $!"; > > @filelist = glob("pl0*.pl"); > > When I did the above, I was able to pull, but I was > unable to use a combination of $MyLoc and pl0*.pl to pull. > > I know there is a way, but will have to be one of the > capable wizards on the list, though this will accomplish what > you want in a two step process. > > Wags ;) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]