Re^2: delete folder and its content with plain perl

I am trying to use my $result = system ( 'rmdir /S /Q "$foldername"'); to delete the folder I created earlier in my script. But I got the error message that system cannot find the path. Do you know the problem here? I used both with quote and without. Thanks

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Re^3: delete folder and its content with plain perl by roboticus (Chancellor) on Nov 08, 2017 at 16:09 UTC
ytiPerl: Inside single quotes, a variable is *not* expanded, so you're running "rmdir /S /Q $foldername". Try changing it to: `my $result = system("rmdir /S /Q $foldername");` [download] Of course, if you have backslashes or spaces in the $foldername variable, then you'll get other problems. That's why you might want to consider using the list version of the system command, like: `my $result = system('rmdir', '/S', '/Q', $foldername);` [download] ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: delete folder and its content with plain perl by ytjPerl (Scribe) on Nov 08, 2017 at 16:35 UTC
`my $result = system('rmdir', '/S', '/Q', $foldername);`? I used this, but as my $foldername path is `d:\log_script\Archive` I got error invalid switch - "log_script" , is that because "_" in my path?	[reply] [d/l] [select]