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Error using Perl File::copy module in Windows XP

Asked by bobcat-gwn in Perl Programming Language, Programming Languages

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New to Perl
I need to copy tif files from 1 directory to another directory using a txt file as input.  Txt file contains either a file or directory, one per line (files have a + as first character, dir do not).  I can process the file but get error msg on copy command.  Error is "file cannot be copied at line 15, <PICS>line2 .  Copy::File is installed and working because if I hardcode the from/to directory/files copy works - problem arises when I try to use the input file and dynamically change directories  - thanks in advancedStart Free Trial
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#!/usr/local/bin/perl 
use File::Copy;
@PATH_BASE ='D:\\temp\\PICS\\';
open (Pics,'D:\temp\PICS\2_record_test.txt')or die "can not open file";
while(<Pics>)
	{
	$ThisLine = $_;
	if ($ThisLine eq "") {next}			#if blankline, read next
	chomp ($ThisLine);					#get rid of line terminator
	if (substr($ThisLine,0,1) eq "+")	#input is a file 
		{
		$FileToBeCopied = substr($ThisLine,1,length($ThisLine));
		$FromDirectory="$FromDirectory\\$FileToBeCopied";
		print "file From Directory is $FromDirectory\n";
		copy('$FromDirectory','d:\temp\PICS\output') or die "file cannot be copied";
		}
	else			
		{								#input is a directory
		$ThisDirectory = $ThisLine;
		$FromDirectory="@PATH_BASE$ThisLine";
		print "DIR FromDirectory = $FromDirectory\n";
		}
}
close (Pics);
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input file - "+" in first char is file otherwise directory
 
 
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