I use Perl and WinZip's command line interface to automatically move ("-m" operator adds to ZIP and deletes from original location) folders / files to ZIP files. In PERL v5.6.1 the "move" would permanently delete the folders / files but in PERL v5.16.1 the "move" only moves the files to the Recycle Bin

This doesn't sound right. From what you're saying, I assume you're doing something like this: system('winzip -m ...');

If that is the case, then the version of Perl has absolutely zero effect on how WinZip operates and the change in behaviour is due to something else changing on your system (I'm guessing you have switched to a different PC?). Probably the easiest fix will be to go into the Recycle Bin settings and disable the Recycle Bin.

In reply to Re: Command To Empty Recycle Bin With Perl? by SimonPratt
in thread Command To Empty Recycle Bin With Perl? by sphinxy09

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