Windows is a little weird here because of the way long filenames are supported. You need to use the short name of the directory, which is the first 6 letters - a tilda - and a number (always 1, unless there multiple files with the same first 6 chars).
This works for me: print <c:/progra~1/*.*>; Rob -----Original Message----- From: Robert Citek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: REPOST - print <c:\program files\*.*>; Hello Edward, At 05:07 PM 9/5/2003 +0800, Edward Yang wrote: >The problem is I do not get correct result from the following code: >print <c:\program files\*.*>; >or >print <c:\\program files\\*.*>; I don't use perl in Windows, but I can simulate a similar result on Linux or Mac OS X: mkdir "foo bar" cd "foo bar" touch a b c cd .. perl -le 'print join("\n", <foo bar/*>); I can get things to work by adding in two back slashes befor the space in the name: perl -le 'print join("\n", <foo\\ bar/*>); Perhaps this will work with Windows as well. Regards, - Robert -- 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]
