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Ah - if you specify the path names with backslashes instead of forward slashes, the Windows built-in tools will understand them from the command line:

my $file = "c:\\Steep\\USA Data\\State\\KY\\KY2.gif";

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Re^4: comparing 2 file time date stamps
by craigt (Acolyte) on Nov 06, 2014 at 16:28 UTC
    It still barks at the space in the USA Data. I've tried several suggestions, as this is pretty common apparently, to no avail.
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      Yes. If you have a space in the filename, you will need to quote the filename when passing it to dir, just like on the command line:

      system qq(dir "$file");

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        Thanks for the help. Here is the result. 
        Checking 'c:\Steep\USA Data\State\KY\KY2.gif'
 Volume in drive C is TI106426W0A
 Volume Serial Number is 00FF-BD6D

 Directory of c:\Steep\USA Data\State\KY

11/05/2014  07:52 PM             1,687 KY2.gif
               1 File(s)          1,687 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  423,609,860,096 bytes free
Mtime: 1415235120
As string: Wed Nov  5 19:52:00 2014



Checking 'c:\usr\www\steepusa\stage\KY\KY2.gif'
 Volume in drive C is TI106426W0A
 Volume Serial Number is 00FF-BD6D

 Directory of c:\usr\www\steepusa\stage\KY

11/05/2014  07:52 PM             1,687 KY2.gif
               1 File(s)          1,687 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  423,609,860,096 bytes free
Mtime: 1415235120
As string: Wed Nov  5 19:52:00 2014
        The date of the 1st file is correct. The date on the 2nd file should be 11/4 at 5:03 instead of the same date as the 1st file. I've entered the twilight zone.
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