Re: facing problem in escaping space in file path No such file or folder

add

use autodie;
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and you'll get better error messages, observe

$ perl -Mautodie -e " $asdf = 44; chdir '$asdf' "
Can't chdir('$asdf'): No such file or directory at -e line 1

$ perl -Mautodie -e " $asdf = 44; chdir $asdf "
Can't chdir('44'): No such file or directory at -e line 1
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moral of the story, single quotes do not interpolate

Also, chdir does not care about spaces

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Re^2: facing problem in escaping space in file path No such file or folder by NaveeN Kumar S (Initiate) on Jun 22, 2011 at 11:07 UTC
`use autodie; my $unInstallExepath = "C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\uninstall.exe"; my $path = dirname($unInstallExepath); # $path contain C:\Program + Files\NetBeans 7.0 $path = quotemeta($path); chdir($path) or print "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX $!";` [download] after quotemeta $path contain \"C\:\\Program\ Files\\NetBeans\ 7\.0 Error is Can't chdir('\"C\:\\Program\ Files\\NetBeans\ 7\.0'): No such file or directory at line 4 in confusion why it was quoting \" in ----- > chdir('\"C\:\\Program\ Files\\NetBeans\ 7\.0')	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: facing problem in escaping space in file path No such file or folder by Jenda (Abbot) on Jun 22, 2011 at 14:34 UTC
That's because you are not supposed to use quotemeta() here. quotemeta() is for escaping stuff from the regexp engine, not for the shell! Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]