Thanks, but no luck.

On 6/30/05, David J Effa <david.effa@[...].com>  wrote:
>  
>  Try system "cmd.exe xcopy \\\\server1\\masters\\pushpkgs\> c:\\pushpkgs\\ /s /e /v /i /h /
r /y";
>  Regards, 
>  
>  David 
>    
>  "Some men see things as they are and ask why.
>      I dream things that never were and ask why not."
>  Why aren't we dreaming things that never were and asking "why not?"
>  
>  
>  
>  Chris Rogers <pcechris@[...].com> 
>  Sent by: pdk-bounces@[...].com 
>  
>  06/30/2005 09:02 PM 
>  Please respond to Chris Rogers 
>          
>          To:        Tim Johnson <tjohnson@[...].com> 
>          cc:        pdk@[...].com 
>          Subject:        Re: PerlApp and xcopy on WinXP SP2
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  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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