backslashes sometimes unnecessary

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This isn't perl specific, but I think it's helpful to know that many Windows APIs (including several Microsoft ones) do accept forward slashes as well.

Try

    perl -e "print join '  ', glob 'C:/Windows/sys*'"
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and enjoy :-)

Although this does not solve your original issue, perhaps it helps alleviate the problem at hand?

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Re: backslashes sometimes unnecessary by tobyink (Canon) on Jan 31, 2013 at 21:45 UTC
IIRC all the old DOS APIs accepted "/" as path delimiters, it was just command.com itself that did not. `package Cow { use Moo; has name => (is => 'lazy', default => sub { 'Mooington' }) } say Cow->new->name`	[reply]
Re^2: backslashes sometimes unnecessary by LanX (Saint) on Jan 31, 2013 at 22:13 UTC
see Why is the DOS path character "\"? for background infos. :) Cheers Rolf	[reply]

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