Re: [MacPerl] Fileloop et al.

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 10.24 10/28/97, Philippe de Rochambeau wrote:
> By "access a file's name" I mean store an external file's name into a
>scalar or store the current script's name into a scalar, modify that
>scalar's contents, and change the file's name to its new value.
>
>For instance, if the current script's name ends in "fr" (which stands
>for the French version of the script), then open the French data file.
>Otherwise, open the US data file.

If you are talking about the name of the current script file, that is stored in the special variable $0.

Hope that answers all your questions ...

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