my $data = XMLin("C:\\core\\jobs_1.xml");
#works perfectly
my $filename = $config->{'DRIVE'}.$config->{'JOBS_XML_FILE'}
print $filename."\n"; 
my $data = XMLin($filename);

__OUTPUT__
C:\\core\\jobs_1.xml
panic: pp_match start/end pointers at C:/Perl/lib/File/Basename.pm line 186.



##</code><code>##

use strict;
my $config = XMLin("config.xml");
my $data = XMLin("C:\\core\\jobs_1.xml");
#works perfectly
my $config = XMLin("config.xml");
my $filename = $config->{'DRIVE'}.$config->{'JOBS_XML_FILE'}
$filename =~ s/\\\\/\\/g;
print $filename."\n"; 
my $data = XMLin($filename);

__OUTPUT__
C:\core\jobs_1.xml
panic: pp_match start/end pointers at C:/Perl/lib/File/Basename.pm line 186.



##</code><code>##

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