On May 31, 9:35 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On May 31, 9:27 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alma) wrote: > > > # extract the file name > > # my @parts = split('\/',$file_path);
> Your split statement seems to be wrong. split uses a regex to match so > it should be: > > split /\\/, $file_path; There is nothing at all wrong with the OP's split. Single quotes are a perfectly legitamite delimiter for a regular expression. And why did you change the OP's from splitting on a front-slash to splitting on a back-slash? Paul Lalli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/