Folks, I'm trying to execute this simple script to change a file in a remote server as part of a much bigger script: 
$file = 'Win.ini';\n
$tmp = "$file.tmp";\n
chdir ("\\\\servername\\winnt") || die "$!\n";\n
open (FL, "$file") || die "$!\n";\n
open (TMP, ">$tmp") || die "$!\n";\n
while (<FL>){\n
  $_ =~ s/als/ald/g;\n
  print TMP $_;\n
}\n
close FL || die "$!\n"; \n
close TMP || die "$!\n";\n
rename ($file,$file.old) || die "$!\n";\n
rename ($file.tmp,$file) || die "$!\n";\n

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I'm running this with admin. privileges on a few servers. Every time I run the script, it says it cannot create the TMP file handle.(File or directory does not exist). Could someone give me a hand? Thanks, Robert

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