The fault could be version 0.07 of the module returning zero even though the copy has completed OK.
Upgrade to version 0.08 or later. 
Revision history for Perl extension File::Copy::Recursive.

0.10  Sat Aug  6 17:01:12 2005
    - fixed indent in "SEE ALSO" POD that made it render badly    
    - Added $PFSCheck

0.09  Fri Aug  5 18:59:11 2005
    - made dircopy handle symlinks properly
        - made dircopy recursivley create a multiple directory target 
+dir if necessary
        - added $CPRFComp

0.08  Fri Jul 29 14:35:44 2005
    - fixed side effect of 0.07 not returning properly

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In reply to Re: Copy a directory on windows by poj
in thread SOLVED:Copy a directory on windows by phoenix9

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