Hi Anonymous Monk,

you write

Yes I can, but I'm not interested...

That'a pity. I couldn't see where File::Random (I'm aware of the module name) does some path mangling without being careful to '/' or '\' so it produces the above error while using File::Find (I'm aware of the module name).

The OP gave the error message

OUTPUT:Can't stat E:: No such file or directory
 at C:/Perl/site/lib/File/Random.pm line 121
[download]

looking at line File::Random line 121 shows that this is a call to find from File::Find (IAOTMN) at least in version 0.17 of File::Random.

To clarify and sum it up for the interested readers:

• I made a litte test script with File::Random which worked pretty well under Windows even addressing a drive letter, e.g. Z:\
• Looking at File::Random line 121 (version 0.17) showed that there is a call to File::Find::find. As I've seen that File::Random also uses $File::Find::name I made a little test script to see how File::Find behaves under Windows which I don't know.
• As I said above and showed with a little test script I was wondering to see the output of the path names produced by File::Find having '/' in it. But anyway both test scripts work even if addressing a path with a drive letter.
• I concluded without deeper analysis that the way how File::Random was called produces the error or shows the reason for the bug. Therefor I asked the OP for more information.

Hopefully someone else shares his Monks's wisdom and shows us the seemingly obvious bug in File::Random.

McA

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