#so tried the below statement
#dKitResults->convertCitifile2Dataset('build-2/\$file[1]','x'); 
#this allows it to compile, but doesn't work either

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c:\@Work\Perl>perl -wMstrict -le
"my @file = ('foo', 'bar', 'baz');
 my $s = 'build-2/\$file[1]';
 print qq{'$s'};
"
'build-2/\$file[1]'