#-- test perl program to determine set up
use strict;
use warnings;

print "\n\nTest program to determine OS/File paths as seen by Perl \n\n";

#-- get the OS variable
print "\nOperating system as returned by \$^O variable is:\t $^O\n";

#-- list of directories
my @files = ( 'C:\program files\merant build',
              'C:\PROGRA~1\merant build'
            );

foreach my $file ( @files )
{
 print "Long Path:\t$file\nShortPath:\t" .
    Win32::GetShortPathName($file) . "\n\n";
}