dir "C:\Local Publish\images" #OK #### perl -e " $dir = '\"C:\Local Publish\images\"'; system qq(dir $dir )" #OK #### dir "C:/Local Publish/images" #OK #### perl -e " $dir = '\"C:/Local Publish/images\"'; system qq(dir $dir )" #ok #### perl -e " $img = 'images';$dir = '\"C:/Local Publish/'.$img.'\"'; system qq(dir $dir )"