Sorry about that.  I should have copied the line instead of rewriting
it.  I actually am doing the escaping:
xcopy \\\\server1\\masters\\pushpkgs\\ c:\\pushpkgs\\ /s /e /v /i /h /r /y";

The strange thing is that it won't work even if I put it in a batch
file and call the batch file from perl.  I have tried changing the
options used with xcopy also.  It seems that the xcopy call is just
ignored by the system when the parent process is a PerlApp compiled
script.

Again, sorry for the confusion.



On 6/30/05, Tim Johnson <tjohnson@[...].com>  wrote:
>  
>  It's the oldest problem in the book for Windows Perl users.  You're
>  forgetting to escape your backslashes.  Try this:
>  
>  system "xcopy c:\\somedir\\*.* c:\\otherdir /s /e /i /y";
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: pdk-bounces@[...].com
>  [mailto:pdk-bounces@[...].com] On Behalf Of Chris Rogers
>  Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 6:18 PM
>  To: pdk@[...].com
>  Subject: PerlApp and xcopy on WinXP SP2
>  
>  I am using PerlApp 6.0.0 build 117102 on Windows XP SP2.  I am having
>  trouble using the windows xcopy.exe via system or backticks.  A call
>  such as:
>  system "xcopy c:\somedir\*.* c:\otherdir /s /e /i /y";
>  
>  
>  [Tim Johnson] <snip>
> 

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