I have had no luck trying to ever just get the directory size, let alone move files and directories with files. Here is my unsucessful code:

use strict;
use File::Copy;

# yes, it is Windows XP and a drive letters assigned to a USB and a NA
+S drive.
# Indir and outdir will be a parameter in this format.

my $inDir = "M:\AllFiles";
my $outDir = "n:\allFiles";


# test 1 straight in out in DOS format.
MoveFiles($inDir,$outDir);

# test 2 Try within quotes.
MoveFiles("$inDir","$outDir");

# test 3 Try selecting ALL files in the directory
MoveFiles($inDir."\*", $outDir);

sub MoveFiles {
    my ( $source, $destination ) = @_;
    print "indir= $source, outdir=$destination\n";
    my $source_size = (-s "$source") || 0;
    my $destination_size = (-s $destination) || 0;
    
    print "indir size=$source_size outdir size=$destination_size\n";
}
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The results are three beeps plus this output:

indir= M:AllFiles, outdir=n:llFiles
indir size=0 outdir size=0
indir= M:AllFiles, outdir=n:llFiles
indir size=0 outdir size=0
indir= M:AllFiles*, outdir=n:llFiles
indir size=0 outdir size=0

So, what am I doing wrong?

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