C:\dev\perls>dir 5.6.2 Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 44B0-3C2E Directory of C:\dev\perls\5.6.2 07/27/2004 06:30 AM . 07/27/2004 06:30 AM .. 07/27/2004 07:31 AM bin 07/27/2004 06:30 AM html 07/27/2004 06:50 AM lib 07/27/2004 06:29 AM site 0 File(s) 0 bytes 6 Dir(s) 34,454,638,592 bytes free C:\dev\perls>5.6.2\bin\perl -le"print for @INC" C:/dev/perls/5.6.2/lib . C:\dev\perls>rename 5.6.2 v5.6.2 C:\dev\perls>v5.6.2\bin\perl -le"print for @INC" C:/dev/perls/v5.6.2/lib C:/dev/perls/v5.6.2/site/lib . C:\dev\perls> C:\dev\perls>rename v5.6.2 5.6.2f C:\dev\perls>5.6.2f\bin\perl -le"print for @INC" C:/dev/perls/5.6.2f/lib . C:\dev\perls>rename 5.6.2f f C:\dev\perls>f\bin\perl -le"print for @INC" C:/dev/perls/f/lib C:/dev/perls/f/site/lib . C:\dev\perls>f\bin\perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 6 subversion 2) configuration: Platform: osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread uname='' config_args='undef' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=undef usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef Compiler: cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -O1 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX', optimize='-O1 -MD -DNDEBUG', cppflags='-DWIN32' ccversion='', gccversion='', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=4 alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -release -libpath:"c:\dev\perls\f\lib\CORE" -machine:x86' libpth=C:\PROGRA~1\MIAF9D~1\VC98\lib libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib ol eaut32.lib netapi32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib perllibs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.li b oleaut32.lib netapi32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perl56.lib Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -release -libpath:"c:\dev\perls\f\lib\CORE" -machine:x86' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS Built under MSWin32 Compiled at Jul 27 2004 07:58:39 @INC: C:/dev/perls/f/lib C:/dev/perls/f/site/lib .