Can someone explain why this works: 
    opendir MYDIR, ("c:/documents\ and\ settings/username/desktop/perf
+_analyzer");
    print "Path:\n$path\n";
    while (
    $file = readdir(MYDIR))
{
                                                                      
+          
    print "File: ", $file, "\n";

}

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and this doesn't ! (it onlyo works if there are no spaces in the filename): 
$path = `cd`; # I am in c:/documents\ and\ settings/username/desktop/p
+erf_analyzer
    $path=~s/\\/\//g;
    chop $path; #Why there is a space at the end??? I have to chop it 
+or else I will have extra backslash after second substitution...
    $path=~s/\s{1}/\\ /g;
    opendir MYDIR, $path; # Yes I have the path exactly like in previo
+us code but it doesn't browse the directory. I even tried to add the 
+same qoutes ('"'.$path.'"') but it didn't work either.
    print "Path:\n$path\n";
    while (
    $file = readdir(MYDIR))
{
                                                                      
+          
    print "File: ", $file, "\n";

}

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In reply to I go crazy with windows filenames with spaces! by Anonymous Monk

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