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c has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using File::NCopy to recursively copy a directory with preserved permissions. The module is located within @INC and I receive no error that the mod is unable to be loaded, however it appears that the script is not acknowledging the object created through the module. It sees it as an empty variable. My code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use File::NCopy; my $copy_file = File::NCopy->new ( 'recursive' => 1, 'preserve' => 1, 'force-write' => 1, ); $copy_file->copy "/ref/webmail","/www/$domain";

However, when I run perl -c on the script I receive:

String found where operator expected at newclient line 225, near "->co +py "/ref/webmail"" (Missing operator before "/ref/webmail"?) syntax error at newclient line 225, near "->copy "/ref/webmail"" newclient had compilation errors.

I've shortened my script for the purposes of posting, but the error directs you to the line it is having problems with. It seems that it is just viewing $copy_file as empty.

Can someone explain why this is happening?

Thanks -c