> --- Dan Muey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Try: > > > > > > use strict; > > > use warnings; > > > ... > > > my $returnValue = > > > > > > "copy("\\\\machine1\\share\\file1","\\\\machine2\\share\\file2"); > > ^ I think that quote will cause problems. > > > > Have you tried single quotes also? That way you don't > have to worry > > about properly escaping the \. > > > > copy('\\machine1\share\file1','\\machine2\share\file2') > or die "Copy > > failed $!"; > > > > Just a thought > > That won't work if the write decides that "file1" should be a > variable instead. Just a thought :-/
Ok, in the example file1 wasn't a variable but if you dod want to do \\machine1\share\$file copy(qq(\\machine1\share\$file),qq(\\mahine2\share\$file)) or ... Would that cover all the bases? DMuey > > > > > Dmuey > > > > -JW > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design > software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]