Michael D Schleif wrote:
>  I have a perl script that calls a batch file (necessary), and passes it
>  two arguments.  The first argument is a directory name, and the second a
>  simple label.
>  
>  When I used forward-slashes (/) everywhere, the perl script behaves as
>  expected; but, the batch file refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the
>  directory name; at least in the context of passing it to the batch file
>  in a system() call, as I need to parse the exit codes.
>  
>      my $dir = "E:/backup";
>  
>  Yes, I test `-d $dir' successfully.  The batch file refuses to accept
>  $dir while using forward-slashes.  I am using s/// to replace (/) with
>  any number of (\).  I have tried up to eight (8) back-slashes; but,
>  everytime the script mis-behaves, and I have not been able to complete
>  this simple task.
>  
>  What am I missing?
>  
>  What do you think?

The path you are passing to the batch file will need to use \'s.
Where's your code snippet ?

my $dir = 'c:\foo\bar';
my $label = 'label';
system qq{some-batch.bat "$dir" $label}; # quoted $dir in case blanks in path
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