change that to:  $zip->extractMember($y,"Y:\\autoupload\\Site_Dict\\Inbox\\$y"); and it should work like a champ, assuming that $y has been basename()'d.

From the perldoc:

extractMember( $memberOrName [, $extractedName ] )
     Extract the given member, or match its name and extract it. Retur
+ns
     undef if member doesn't exist in this Zip. If optional second arg
+ is
     given, use it as the name of the extracted member. Otherwise, the
     internal filename of the member is used as the name of the extrac
+ted
     file or directory. If you pass $extractedName, it should be in th
+e
     local file system's format. All necessary directories will be
     created. Returns "AZ_OK" on success.
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Please note If you pass $extractedName, it should be in the local file system's format. All necessary directories will be created.

- - arden.