Hi everyone,

I'm just learning how to work with modules and am stuck at the very beginning. File::Basename seems simple enough but ... anyway, here's the sample code: 
use File::Basename;

my $name = "C:\karate\kid\sucks";
my $basename = basename($name);
print "$basename\n";

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I've also tried just about every variation of this. With and without the "C:", lower case "c", "basename($name)" with brackets, without, ... you get the idea. In any scenario, it either crashes or returns back the original $name with some random characters missing.

Although I'm using Windows, I decided to try the Unix code "/karate/kid/sucks" and it works. What the hell? Isn't this module supposed to detect the shell I'm using? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

In reply to Simple modules by neutron

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