make perl ingnore using dos path

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

I am writing a scipt,
to print an env variable ... print "$ENV{ORCALE_HOME}";
I am getting dos path in 8.3style Output i am getting is :c:\PROGRA~1\orcale\db_1 But i need it as: C:\PROGRAM FILES\oracle\db_1
can any one help ??

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Re: make perl ingnore using dos path by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 16, 2009 at 10:43 UTC
Perl just outputs what is in your environment. If you enter `set ORACLE_HOME` [download] at your command prompt you will see that `$ENV{ORACLE_HOME}` just has the short path name defined. Why do you need the long path name? The short path name will work for almost all cases where a long name can be used.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: make perl ingnore using dos path by bbaski (Initiate) on Mar 16, 2009 at 10:50 UTC
Ya.. I have checked my environment. It has only short path names. But my applicaiton needs to use long names. Is there any way to convert it from short to long names Thanks...	[reply]
Re^3: make perl ingnore using dos path by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 16, 2009 at 10:54 UTC
See Re: How to Get Full Path Name on Win32 System, a reply to How to Get Full Path Name on Win32 System.	[reply]