if ( $dir =~ /^\Q$fav\\\E/ ) { # Note the \E at the end! won't work -- the problem is under \Q modifier the backslash at the end matches wrong  if ( $dir =~ /^\Q$fav\E\\/ ) { works
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Jaap Karssenberg || Pardus (Larus)? <pardus@cpan.org>
>>>> Zoidberg: So many memories, so many strange fluids gushing out of patients' bodies.... <<<<