At 16.18 97/4/22, Stephane Jose wrote: >How can I get a script to know about its own full pathname? > >In MacPerl, the variable $0 only returns the name of the script >and not its full pathname. When I save a file to the desktop, call it test.pl, and have it execute "print $0", I get: PowerPudge:Desktop Folder:test.pl That's the full pathname. I'm using MacPerl 5.1.4a1, which should be indistinguishable from MacPerl 5.1.3 in this regard. #================================================================ Chris Nandor pudge@pobox.com PGP Key 1024/B76E72AD http://pudge.net/ Keyfingerprint = 08 24 09 0B CE 73 CA 10 1F F7 7F 13 81 80 B6 B6 ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch