Why does my attempt to use Perl's stat function on Windows fail? -

i not figure out how reopen previous question. here reference. using perl stat function on windows

i used second suggestion , worked files no spaces in path-file-name. many of ones working have spaces included. searching indicates string should within double quotes resolve problem. have made few attempts various outcomes.

this code reads file contains list of path-file-name entries. read each 1 in , try run stat on full entry. there duplicate entries different size , date attributes. due entries being on separate drives. want output path-file-name, size, date attributes file. use sort function put out list sorted full path date , size allow deletion of unneeded entries after evaluating list.

this code reading path-file-name entries , trying perform stat function.

my $record = 0; $time   = 0; $size   = 0;  $quote   = '"';              # single quote, double quote, single quote  print "quote = $quote \n";                                 # read lines listing file open (all_, "<", $filename);    # open file list reading while (defined($_ = <all_>))    # while(my $line = <$ {   chomp;                      # remove newline "/n"      print " normal value = $_\n"; # status output     $record = $_;     $record =~ s/\\/\//g;       # change \ /     $record = "\"$record\"";    # add single double quote start , end of record #   $record = $quote . $record . $quote;     print " = $record \n";  #   use lib '/home/foobar/code';  ?? add dbl quotes #   use my::module;      # using file::stat, replaces stat function friendlier interface:     use file::stat qw( stat );     use posix      qw( strftime ); #   $qfn = $quote . $_ . $quote;  # adds double quote     $qfn = $record;      $stat = stat($qfn)   or die("can't stat \"$qfn\": $!\n");      printf("file %s: size=%s modified=%s\n",         $qfn,         $stat->size,         strftime("%y-%m-%d %h:%m:%s", localtime($stat->mtime)),      ); } 

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this gets

normal value = n:\dir1\dir2\dir3\file1          = "n:/dir1/dir2/dir3/file1" can't stat ""n:\dir1\dir2\dir3\file1"": no such file or directory 

quits because of or die(can't stat \"qfn\": $!\n");

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if comment out line

$record = "\"$record\"";   

to leave off double quotes get:

normal value = n:\dir1\dir2\dir3file1 = n:/dir1/dir2/dir3/file1 file n:/dir1/dir2/dir3/file1: size=280580 modified=20022-12-13 09:41:28 normal value = c:\dir01\dir 02\dir03\file 2 = c:/dir01/dir 02/dir03/file 2 can't stat "c:/dir1/dir 02/dir03/file2": no such file or directory 

quits because of or die(can't stat \"qfn\": $!\n");

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is there different stat handles double quotes differently such still sees spaces?

if can executing correctly: there way allow or die() provide message indicates failure , goes on processing 1 file somehow got deleted during processing?

none of saying seems consistent know paths etc on windows. here sample program stats bunch of files spaces in names:

#!/usr/bin/env perl  use strict; use warnings; use file::spec::functions qw(catdir catpath rootdir);  use file::find;  %number_of = (     files_with_spaces_for_which_stat_was_successful => 0,     files_with_spaces_seen => 0, );  $top = catpath('c:', catdir(rootdir(), 'program files', 'internet explorer')); print "calling stat every file under '$top'\n";  find({     no_chdir => 1,     wanted => sub {         next unless /\s/;         $number_of{files_with_spaces_seen} += 1;         print "$_: ";         if (stat) {             $number_of{files_with_spaces_for_which_stat_was_successful} += 1;             print "+\n";         }         else {             print "-\n";         }     }, }, $top);  use yaml::xs; print dump \%number_of; 

output:

c:\> perl t.pl ... --- files_with_spaces_for_which_stat_was_successful: 171 files_with_spaces_seen: 171