i am trying to copy only files from specfic source to specfic destination (into sub folder of source ) with the date appended here is what i have tried: 
use File::Copy;

$dir="/tmp/test2/magic/"; 
opendir(DIR, $dir) or die "can't opendir $dir: $! \n";

@files=readdir(DIR);
closedir DIR;


# Get currect date/time

my @date = (localtime)[5,4,3,2,1,0];
$date[0] +=1900;
++$date[1];
$date_string = sprintf('%04d%02d%02d',@date[0,1,2]);


foreach $file (@files) {
  if (-f "$dir$file") {

$moveloc="/tmp/test2/magic/backup/$file.$date_string"; 
$old = "$dir$file
$new = "$moveloc";
copy($old, $new) or die "Copy Faild: $!";

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My machine is AIX5.1 when i try to execute i get the following errors: 
 ./testrenp11122010b
./testrenp11122010b: use:  not found.
./testrenp11122010b[3]: =/tmp/test2/magic/:  not found.
./testrenp11122010b[4]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 4 : `(' is not e
+xpected.

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when i change directory the path is actually present, but error shows not found , i am actually getting started with perl i have no idea of other error please correct me

In reply to copy contents appending date by sekharsomu

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