On win* you can use '/' in perl instead of having to use '\' or sometimes '\\' to denote a directory.

UPDATE: i missed what you were getting at. As far as using s!/!\\!g; should be ok for say outputting a list of files to a txt file for later retrieval by another program. But as far as perl is concerned there shouldnt be a problem using '/' instead of '\'.

sorry for the confusion

-bn