Re^4: File name is long to copy

The error is "couldn't copy file No such file or directory at C:\sandboxes\Scripts\dummy.pl line 9."

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Re^5: File name is long to copy by soonix (Chancellor) on Apr 26, 2020 at 16:12 UTC
I suggest changing the error message like hippo advised here `"couldn't copy file '$source' to '$target': $!";` [download] and perhaps count the backslashes.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: File name is long to copy by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 26, 2020 at 13:55 UTC
If you are convinced the path/filename is correct, can you replace the `copy` with `syscopy` to make use of Win32::CopyFile via Win32API? Which version of Perl are you running?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: File name is long to copy by harishnv (Sexton) on Apr 26, 2020 at 14:01 UTC
Perl512 I used syscopy, got this error "Undefined subroutine &main::syscopy called at .."	[reply]