Richard Luckhurst wrote:
> Hi 

Hello,

> I am currently porting a script that runs well on a Linux box to a Win2003 box
> and am having trouble getting a file move to work.
> 
> To make my life a little easier I have installed the GNU Unix tools onto the 
> Win
> 2003 box so I can use the unix commands in the command shell.
> 
> The line I am having trouble with is as follows
> 
> $mv_result = `mv $dir/pdfs/$print_dir/$book_no.PDF 
> $dir/pdfs/$print_dir/$replace.PDF`;
> 
> All of the variables are created OK. I have confirmed this by printing them at
> run time just to be sure.

perldoc File::Copy


For example:

use File::Copy;

move( "$dir/pdfs/$print_dir/$book_no.PDF", "$dir/pdfs/$print_dir/$replace.PDF" 
);




John
-- 
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certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order.       -- Larry Wall

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