ralijani has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

i use : system('c:\\program files\\my dir\\myfile.exe'); when i run it, it gives error : c:\program is not recognized az an internal or external command. my path is: c:\Program Files\My Dir\myfile.exe

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Re: correct path
by bart (Canon) on Jun 10, 2004 at 14:05 UTC
    Put double quotes around the path — that's right: as part of the string. 
    system('"c:\\program files\\my dir\\myfile.exe"');

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Re: correct path
by eserte (Deacon) on Jun 10, 2004 at 13:22 UTC
    You have to escape the spaces with a single backslash.
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Re: correct path
by Hena (Friar) on Jun 10, 2004 at 13:56 UTC
    Would suggest that you check out File::Spec::Functions. In this case this might work: 
    Use File::Spec::Functions (qw/catfile rootdir/);
my $path=catfile(rootdir(),'Program Files','My Dir','myfile.exe');

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