whenever i use the backticks to send a command to the commandline i will not work if there is a space.

Code:
@files = `dir\\*.*`;
but
[code]@files=`dir d:\\Perl\\*.*`;[\code]won't.
and obviously
[code]@files=`dird:\\Perl\\*.*`;[\code] doesn't either. Any suggestions?

In case it matters I'm using the newest version of ActivePerl on a Athlon and running ME.