Nah, MS is not the problem. Pretty much anywhere you can use / instead of \ in MS paths (some applications get grumpy, but it's pretty much always ok in Perl).

You may find Padre IDE better than Eclipse/EPIC for working with Perl scripts. It's a long while since I last looked at the Eclipse/EPIC abomination and it may have improved out of sight, but Eclipse was a poor fit for use as a Perl IDE. If all you need is a good editor take a look at Komodo Edit or Sublime Text. The Komodo IDE is excellent, but costs around $US300 so unless you plan to be a serious user it's likely not an option.

In any case running the script should get you the real diagnostics that Eclipse/EPIC is protecting you from.

True laziness is hard work

In reply to Re^3: Syntax Error deleting files and folders in a directory by GrandFather
in thread Syntax Error deleting files and folders in a directory by smturner1

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