use strict; my $filename = "myDatabaseName.mdb"; open(FILEOPENED, $filename) || die "Can't open file: $filename \n"; while ($line = ) { print "$line \n"; my $cmd = "copy H:currdir\\$line \\\infoserver\\destinationDir"; print "$cmd\n"; my $result = system($cmd); if ($result) { warn qq(Couldn't execute "$cmd"!\n); next; } } close(FILEOPENED);