my $sourcefile = 'c:/appl/process/attr_name.txt'; my $destination = '//System1/ShareDir'; $sourcefile = slashtobackslash($sourcefile); $destination = slashtobackslash($destination); system("copy $sourcefile $destination"); } sub slashtobackslash { my $value = $_[0]; $value =~ s-/-\\-g; return $value; } #### use Net::FTP; $ftp = Net::FTP->new("targetsystem", Debug => 0); $ftp->login("anonymous"); $ftp->put("c:\\test11.pl"); $ftp->quit;