\\ in string literals only adds \ to the string being built. In other words, you need to double up \ chars (and add a \ in front of ' chars) in your string literal: 
system('pushd \\\\comp1\\newfolder');

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But that's not going to do what you want. system will create a new shell for pushd to run in, and pushd will only affect that shell. (It will also affect any child that shall will later spawn, but it spawns none as is.)

Use chdir to change the working directory of the Perl script (and any children it later spawns). The current directory will get automatically restored when the script ends. If that's too late, use Cwd to find out which directory is the current working directory, and use chdir to restore it when you wish to do so.

In reply to Re: perl and unc paths by ikegami
in thread perl and unc paths by Anonymous Monk

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