DIRFILESEP = \\ DFSEP = $(DIRFILESEP) #### sub init_DIRFILESEP { my($self) = shift; # The ^ makes sure its not interpreted as an escape in nmake $self->{DIRFILESEP} = $self->is_make_type('nmake') ? '^\\' : $self->is_make_type('dmake') ? '\\\\' : '\\'; } #### sub init_DIRFILESEP { my($self) = shift; # The ^ makes sure its not interpreted as an escape in nmake $self->{DIRFILESEP} = $self->is_make_type('nmake') ? '^\\' : $self->is_make_type('dmake') ? '\\' : '\\'; } #### C:\sisyphusion\IO-React-1.03>perl makefile.PL Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for IO::React Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json C:\sisyphusion\IO-React-1.03>dmake dmake: Error: -- `C:\_32\strawberry514\perl\libConfig.pm' not found, and can't be made #### DIRFILESEP = \ DFSEP = $(DIRFILESEP) #### sub init_DIRFILESEP { return '\\\\'; }