in reply to What is the best way to delete a file in windows using Perl?

Have you actually tried renaming a file to the empty string on Windows? 


S:\>echo >tr2

S:\>perl -e "rename 'tr2','' or warn $!"
No such file or directory at -e line 1.

S:\>

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It wasn't really all that awkward to test that part now was it?

/J\

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