I attempted to run net use * and pull the output but am getting errors. 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;

my $destination = qq(\\\\BLAH\\NESTED\\OBFUSCATED\.WITH SPECIAL_CHARS\
+\SHARE\\NAME\\DOWN\\DEEP);

netUse ($destination);
sub netUse {
    
    
    my @net_use_output;
    
    chomp $_[0];
    $_ = $1 if($_[0]=~/(.*)\\$/);
    print "\nnet use \* \"$_[0]\"";
    
    open TASK, "net use \* \"$_[0]\"" or die "cannot map $_[0]";

    while (<TASK>)
    {
        print;
        #chomp;
        #chop;
        #push (@net_use_output, $_);
        #return $_;
    }
    #print join(", ", @net_use_output);
    #return @net_use_output;
}

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above code always produces error: 

cannot map \\BLAH\NESTED\OBFUSCATED.WITH SPECIAL_CHARS\SHARE\NAME\DOWN
+\DEEP at ..\
examples\blah.pl line 12, <TASK> line 1.
net use * "\\BLAH\NESTED\OBFUSCATED.WITH SPECIAL_CHARS\SHARE\NAME\DOWN
+\DEEP"

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Even though copying and pasting the same command on the cmd shell works perfectly?

- 3dbc

In reply to Re^2: perl robocopy to temp mapped drive. by 3dbc
in thread perl robocopy to temp mapped drive. by 3dbc

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