Joseph wrote: > > Just remember that the enclosing double-quotes are always a part > of Windows long filenames. When the the sytem processes the > string expression offered as an argument, it takes only the > textual content, and strips the quuotes. Enclose the whole > string, including double-quotes, in single quotes. If you have > to do variable intepolation, into the filename, use the dot > conactenation operator instead of implicit conactenation. Keep > the quote characters at the beginining and end of the string in > its entirelty, though.
I'm not sure what you mean here Joseph. Code like my $config = q|"C:\config.sys"|; open my $fh, $config or die $!; simply doesn't work. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
