$foo = '\\some.address.or.whatever\subdir\';
print $foo;

##</code><code>##

$foo = '\\some.address.or.whatever\subdir\file';
print $foo;


##</code><code>##

$foo = <<'PATH'; 
\\some.address.or.whatever\subdir\
PATH
print "this is a test${foo}again\ntesting";