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Trouble using a Win32 file path in an arrayby geo (Acolyte) |
on Sep 25, 2009 at 13:44 UTC ( [id://797509]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
geo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
perl, version 5.8.8 Microsoft Windows XP Pro, SP2 I have a data file containing one or more windows folder paths which I load into an array. When I work through the array and attempt to use the folder path it is not recognized as a valid path. Each line in the data file looks like the following. C:\HELP\Docs\R2009\sp01\For this exercise I am using a simple file test to verify the existance of the folder. The actual script uses strict, warnings, and error checking.
The previous example code prints "DID NOT FIND C:\HELP\Docs\R2009\sp01\" The result is the same when the data file entry is C:\\HELP\\Docs\\R2009\\sp01\\ I even went so far as to split the path on "\\" and used join to reconstruct the file path but the results were the same. I assume that I am missing sommething (hopefully something simple) and that one of you fine folks will be able to point that out to me. Thanks in advance.
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