What does echo C:\projects\%APPVEYOR_PROJECT_NAME% produce?

One possibility is that the CI is running under powershell, which uses a perl-like syntax for variables. The config does not specify the shell, but maybe it is in the system setup.

The cd call also might also not be needed if the system is already in the project dir. (Edited typo)

(Some of the above was cribbed from https://help.appveyor.com/discussions/problems/10635-cant-cd-to-appveyor_build_folder).

In reply to Re: AppVeyor failing to build/test CPAN distro by swl
in thread AppVeyor failing to build/test CPAN distro by jkeenan1

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