Probably the simplest way to do this would be to use the File::Copy module. It's about as straightforward as you can get.
move($BNY_DOWNLOAD."\\".$filename,$BNY_DATA."\\".$filename) or die("Couldn't copy $filename to $BNY_DATA! $!\n"); -----Original Message----- From: kilaru rajeev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:44 AM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Copying files in windows from one directory to the other Hi, I got some files in $BNY_DOWNLOAD which is a directory in windows. Now i have to identify most recent one in that file and have to move it $BNY_DATA directory it is also a directory. To identify the most recent file I used sort command and sorted it by using -M and and space ship operators. It is returning list of files in that directory that are sorted by the last modification order. I'm getting that most recently modified as the first element in the sorted list. Now I want to move this file from this $BNY_DOWNLOAD to $BNY_DATA directory. I'm not familiar with the windows environment that's why please help elaborately. Waiting for your earlier responce. Please note I'm have to use the $BNY_DATA and $BNY_DOWNLOAD while copying. Regards, Rajeev -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>