Re: [MacPerl] Finding a script's full pathname

[Stephane Jose <jose.stephane@uqam.ca>]

At 18:20 -0400 on 22/04/97, Chris Nandor wrote:


> 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.
>
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Er,

I just realized that I was running the script from an unsaved document
(Untitled window) hence 'print $0;' could only return the name of the
script.

Saving the script to the hard disk fixed my problem!!!

Duh!!!

Stˇphane (feeling real dumb :}

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