Re: Shorten windows paths too long (qx)

[tye]

`H:; cd $olddirname; cd ..; move /Y $olddirname $newname` or die "Can'
+t move $olddirname $newname: $!";

That is pretty broken code. `` (qx<>) doesn't return a boolean. It returns the output of the commands. So you are dieing if that command produces no output. And $! usually is irrelevant after qx() fails.

my $output= qx(H:; cd $olddirname; cd ..; move /Y $olddirname $newname
+);
if(  0 != $?  ) {
    die "Can't move $olddirname $newname: $output";
}

Might be closer to correct.

[gj2666]

I stand corrected *blushing* I admit my code is remedial at best. I wasn't sure how to do that and gave my best guess. Thank you for the correction there. I'll fix my version per your recommendations.

Thanks again,