RE: running a short perl script in a windows XP arena

DBSMITH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:DBSMITH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

: my $MHfile= qq(C:\\Documents*\\mh-hl7\\MHFM.*);

Windows XP does not allow the asterisk in paths or filenames.
This is not a valid filename. If the asterisks are supposed to be
wildcards, perl will not expand them automatically.

HTH,

Charles K. Clarkson
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