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This is a bug report for perl from warrend@[...].com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.4.


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I just encountered a problem in a script that parses 
the PATH variable and checks to make sure each entry 
has a directory.

It turns out that some program entered something like this
as a PATH entry.   "C:\PATH\BIN"

The quotes were included. I tested this at a CMD prompt 
and indeed it does work as expected. The quotes are shown in a 
set path  command.

It seems the -d operator in perl doesn't handle this properly

if ( -d "\"C:/temp\"" )
{
  print "OK1\n";
}
else
{
  print "BAD1\n";
}
if ( -d "C:/temp" )
{
  print "OK2\n";
}
else
{
  print "BAD2\n";
}

So I wanted to let you know so perhaps the low level stuff 
could be enhanced.


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Flags:
    category=utilities
    severity=low
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Site configuration information for perl v5.8.4:

Configured by ActiveState at Tue Jun  1 11:52:09 2004.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 4) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname=''
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -Gf -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -
DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT  -DNO_HASH_SEED -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -D
PERL_MSVCRT_READFIX',
    optimize='-MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__int64', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf  -libpath:"C:\Perl584\lib
\CORE"  -machine:x86'
    libpth=C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\VC98\lib
    libs=  oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib  comdlg32.lib advapi3
2.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib mpr.lib winmm.li
b  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib
    perllibs=  oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib  comdlg32.lib adv
api32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib mpr.lib winm
m.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib
    libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perl58.lib
    gnulibc_version='undef'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf  -libpath:"C:\
Perl584\lib\CORE"  -machine:x86'

Locally applied patches:
    ACTIVEPERL_LOCAL_PATCHES_ENTRY
    22751 Update to Test.pm 1.25
    21540 Fix backward-compatibility issues in if.pm

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@INC for perl v5.8.4:
    C:/Perl584/lib
    C:/Perl584/site/lib
    .

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Environment for perl v5.8.4:
    HOME=U:    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=C:\Perl584\bin\;j:\apps\perl561\bin;c:\oracle\ora92\bin;C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre
\1.3.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.8\bin;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;c:\emacs-21.2\bin;C:
\Program Files\Microsoft SMS Installer\Installer Step-up Utility\Apps;C:\Program Files\Micro
soft SMS Installer\Installer Step-up Utility\Apps\Extensions;c:\cygwin\USR\X11R6;c:\cygwin\U
SR\X11R6\BIN;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\EDPM\java\jdk1.3.1_03\jre\bin\hotspot;C:\EDPM\bin
;J:\apps\edatools\psd\15.2a\tools\pcb\bin;J:\apps\edatools\psd\15.2a\tools\bin;J:\apps\edato
ols\psd\15.2a\tools\Capture;J:\apps\edatools\psd\15.2a\tools\fet\bin;J:\apps\edatools\psd\15
.2a\tools\specctra\bin;J:\apps\edatools\psd\15.2a\tools\libutil\bin;J:\apps\edatools\psd\15.
2a\tools\jre\bin;J:\apps\edatools\psd\15.2a\tools\pspice;J:\apps\edatools\fetools\psd152\bin
;J:\apps\edatools\cadtools\psd152\bin;"C:\temp"
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL (unset)