in reply to Issue with backticks in ActiveState

perl -V:sh sh='cmd /x /c';
D:\>perl -le"print `rmdir /?`" rmdir: `/2': Invalid argument D:\>perl -le"print `rmdir --help`" Usage: rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty. --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ignore each failure that is solely because a directo +ry is non-empty -p, --parents remove DIRECTORY, then try to remove each directory component of that path name. E.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' + is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'. -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every directory processed --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>. D:\>perl -le"print `cmd /x /c rmdir /?`" Removes (deletes) a directory. RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path RD [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path /S Removes all directories and files in the specified directo +ry in addition to the directory itself. Used to remove a dir +ectory tree. /Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to remove a directory tree wi +th /S
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_rf -- D:\sites\cust\7112\hosted\docs/cdm4\msoffice