With the following code: I can't seem to move every thing recursively, Any ideas? 

use File::Copy;

use strict;

 if(-d $workspace)
    {
        opendir(WorkSpace, "$workspace") ||
            die "Error: Can't open $workspace directory: $!";
        @WorkSpace = readdir(WorkSpace);
        closedir WorkSpace;

    my $backup_dir = $workspace;
    $backup_dir = join("", "$workspace", "-backup");

    if (-d $backup_dir)
    {
        system "del $backup_dir";
        }
    else
    {
         mkpath("$backup_dir")
        }
    
        foreach my $file (@WorkSpace)
        {  
            move("$workspace\\$file", "$backup_dir\\$file");
        }
    }

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