I'm sorry, I'm expecting all arguments (even those ending with a backslash) to be parsed as they are in example B.

As John comments a little later: this is an issue with how Perl handles standard Windows command line arguments (the goal was to avoid deviating from that standard syntax).

I am looking for Perl based solutions (like the one that John provided). Is this the incorrect forum for that type of question? I'm new to the Perl Monks, so I applogize if I chose the wrong forum.

Thanks