Win32::LongPath seems to be exactly what I need to deal with the files... but.. I can't get the rename function to work. This with Perl 5.32 on Win10/64. Anyone have any experience with this module? Is it possible to contact the author?

my test code is very simple 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use v5.10 ;
use strict;
use warnings ;
use Win32::LongPath ;

my $d = Win32::LongPath->new() ;
$d->opendirL(".") or die "Can't open directory:  $!\n" ;
for my $file ($d->readdirL())
{   say $file ; }
$d->renameL("testfile.txt", "testedfile.txt") or die "didn't rename! $
+!";
exit ;

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and when I run it I get 
D:\Desktop\test>rename.pl
.
..
rename.pl
testfile.txt
didn't rename!  at D:\Desktop\test\Onefile\test\rename.pl line 12.

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and indeed the file wasn't renamed. I haven't a clue what I'm doing wrong

In reply to Contacting the author of a module? by BernieC

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