in reply to Windows folder access error

use escape character '\' before special characters as

my $directory = "c\:\\Folders\\1Folder\\1aFolder";

and open directory should be closed after job complition.

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# c:\Folders\1Folder\1aFolder        
#   my $directory = "\\Folders\\1Folder\\1aFolder";
    my $directory = "c\:\\Folders\\1Folder\\1aFolder";
   print ("Folder: ", $directory, "\n");      
   opendir (DIR, $directory) or die $!;
         while (my $fldr = readdir(DIR)) 
         {
         print "Files & Folders: ", $fldr, "\n"; 
    }
closedir(DIR);

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o/p

c:\Folders\1Folder>perl read.pl
Folder: c:\Folders\1Folder\1aFolder
Files & Folders: .
Files & Folders: ..
Files & Folders: TEMP.PL

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Re^2: Windows folder access error
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 25, 2014 at 02:40 UTC

    use escape character '\' before special characters as

    Or just use single quotes as they do not interpolate like double quotes  'C:\ro\sham\bo';

    perlintro, perlquote

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Re^2: Windows folder access error
by ArifS (Beadle) on Oct 27, 2014 at 13:09 UTC
    I knew it was the my $directory line.... Thank you for sharing the correct format.
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