RE: backslashes stripped in perl

[Neil Lunn <neillunn at gunz dot com dot au>]

Actually you should be using C:/path/executable.exe. This is compatible with
cygwin and Activestate perl.

Better Still, even the "C:" should be pulled in by a variable or config to
make your script really portable.

Neil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Paulus [mailto:commpg@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 5:57 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com; Peter Buckley
> Subject: Re: backslashes stripped in perl
> 
> 
> have you tried using \\ where you are using \?  Perl is 
> probably seeing
> the \ as an escape character, so you need to escape the \ to preserve
> it.  You may need to play with varying levels of \ to get it right
> depending on how many downstream filters are looking at the string
> (Check out some of Don Libes discussions about backslashes in his
> Exploring Expect book)
> 
> 
> On Fri, 4 May 2001 15:44:28 -0400, Peter Buckley wrote:
> 
> >I am passing a parameter that contains backslashes in the 
> path to a perl
> >script. 
> >I am calling the perl script from a makefile macro. The line 
> in the makefile
> >is
> >
> >target :
> >	$(PERL) myscript.pl $(ARG0) $(ARG1)
> >
> >And in the perl script I have the lines 
> >
> >$VARIABLE = @ARGV[0];
> >cmd "$VARIABLE -o $OPTION -c $PATH/path/config1 -batch";
> >
> >When $(ARG0) is C:\path\executable.exe, I get the error 
> >
> >C:pathexecutable.exe: not found
> >
> >It is stripping the backslashes out. 
> >I know that it works with forward slashes, 
> >and I had similar problems with make before this 
> >(I found out how to set MAKE_MODE = win32).
> >
> >I have to use backslashes in the path.
> >I didn't find anything when I searched for 
> >backslash perl
> >in the archives, and I didn't see an entry for perl
> >in the FSF online manuals.
> >
> >I am using the NT4.0 SP5 cmd.exe as my shell. I get this failure
> >whether I explicitly set the SHELL environment variable or
> >not.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any help,  
> >
> >Peter Buckley
> >C-Port Corporation, a Motorola Company
> >One High Street
> >No. Andover, MA 01845
> >978-773-2490
> >
> >
> >
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