This appears to be a problem with the File::Path module itself. Not your test program. Somehow within File::Path one of the variables gets insecure (untainted right?). I added the following to the module but I need someone elses opinion to make sure that the change I made isn't seriously dangerous. I added the line: 
($root) = $root =~ m!^([\w\d\-_/\.]+)$!;

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to the module between the lines 208 and 209 and before line 239. After this was added the test code worked fine.

BMaximus

Update: Small diff made to make things easy

208a209,211
>           
>           ($root) = $root =~ m!^(\w\d\-_/\.+)$!;
> 
232a236,238
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>               ($root) = $root =~ m!^(\w\d\-_/\.+)$!;
>

In reply to Re: File::Path and Taintedness by BMaximus
in thread File::Path and Taintedness by DrZaius

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