$file = 'c:\test.txt'; open F, ">$file" or die "Can't open $file $!\n"; # uncomment this to gain permission to unlink $file... # close F; unlink $file or die "Can't unlink $file $!\n"; #### $file = "c:\\test.txt"; `dir c: > $file`; unlink $file or die "Can't unlink $file $!\n"; #### perl somscript.pl > somefile.txt; del somefile.txt