"c:/documents\ and\ settings/username/desktop/perf_analyzer"

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"c:/documents and settings/username/desktop/perf_analyzer"

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c:/documents and settings/username/desktop/perf_analyzer

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c:\documents and settings\username\desktop\perf_analyzer

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$path=~s/\s{1}/\\ /g;

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c:/documents\ and\ settings/username/desktop/perf_analyzer

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chomp( my $path = `cd` );
opendir MYDIR, $path
   or die("Can't open dir $path: $!\n");

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opendir MYDIR, '.'
   or die("Can't open current dir: $!\n");