To do this portably you should use the File::Spec module.
perldoc File::Spec
Ah perfect! File::Spec->catfile() is exactly what I need
A new little jem every single day ;p
Also, to understand some of the portability issues read the perlport document.
perldoc perlport
John -- use Perl; program fulfillment
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