Fellow Monks, Can anyone tell me why this doesn't work. or suggest something better please. Thnx. Ray 

# Ray Espinoza
# GetLogFiles.pl
# This script will get the resonate log files from cgi346 and copy the
+m to a folder on my machine.
######################################################################
+####################################################
#!D:\perl\bin\perl -w
$listFile = "list.txt";
open(LIST,$listFile) ||
    die "Can't open $listFile : $!";
    
while(<LIST>) {
    chomp($entry = $_);
    push (@machines, $entry);
    print @machines;
    }
close(IN);
foreach $machine (@machines) {
    system("copy \\\$machine\\c$\\Program Files\\Resonate\\logs\agent-
+dir.$machine\agent-log C:\\resologs");
    }
    
close(IN);

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