To open long filenames with spaces enbedded use single quotes.

To make a shortcut use Win32::Shortcut, it comes standard with the ActiveState distrubution.

To find out the system path I probably wouldn't do it through perl I would probably use a system call to the Dos shell and use the Enviromental Variables there it would be much easier to access. Otherwise the only way I can think of off hand is to use Win32::TieRegistry or Win32::Registry.

great sources of Win32 info is http://perl.dada.it or David Roth's Site Roth has written many Win32 modules and has several very good book on the subject on programming and administrating a Win32 environment. Be careful his books aren't intended for the novice they assume a solid understanding of perl's core functions.

In reply to Re: Perl & Window's system stuff: Can they get along? by orbital
in thread Perl & Window's system stuff: Can they get along? by akm2

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