----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Dubois"
> > D:\pscrpt>type try.pl
> >
> > use warnings;
> > $z1 = "hello\tworld";
> > print $z1, "\n";
> > $z2 = "hello\\tworld";
> > print $z2, "\n";
> > system("rmdir $z2");
> >
> > D:\pscrpt>perl try.pl
> > hello world
> > hello\tworld
> > rmdir: `hello\\tworld': No such file or directory
> >
> > D:\pscrpt>
> >
> > (That's still using the MSYS/bin/rmdir.exe.)
>
> It is rmdir.exe that doubles the backslash before printing it. Just run
>
> rmdir.exe foo\bar
>
> and it will print
>
> rmdir.exe: `foo\\bar': No such file or directory
>
Hadn't considered that possibility.
> or
>
> rmdir.exe foo^Abar
>
> (the ^A should be a single Control-A, not 2 separate characters)
> prints
>
> rmdir.exe: `foo\001bar': No such file or directory
>
> using the octal notation for ^A
>
Yep - finally makes sense. Thanks to all for responding :-)
Cheers,
Rob
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