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If you use use strict;, you have to declare all variables with 'my', e.g. 
#! /usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my $var;

$var = 'Hello World';
print $var,"\n";

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To copy files I would recommend to use File::Copy or File::NCopy

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Re^2: Still having problems with user 'backup' script
by davorg (Chancellor) on Dec 02, 2004 at 11:44 UTC
    If you use use strict;, you have to declare all variables with 'my',

    That's a bit of an over-simplification. See the discussion of use strict 'vars' in perldoc strict.

    This generates a compile-time error if you access a variable that wasn't declared via our or use vars, localized via my(), or wasn't fully qualified.

    Using my is only one of a number of ways to satisfy use strict 'vars' - albeit the most common.

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