Re: [MacPerl] WebTen path info

["Alex K Suska" <aksuska@insideflyer.com>]

>
>indeed it did. how silly I am not to have thought of it.
>
>#!/usr/bin/perl
>
>$dingle = `pwd`;
>
>        print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
>        print "the path is $dingle\n";
>

In a CGI context, I often use $ENV{DOCUMENT_ROOT} and $ENV{SCRIPT_NAME} to
determine absolute paths on the fly.  It also allows for a greater level of
portability even across various web sites.  For instance, some of our sites are
on a shared server and we don't have access to pwd.

- Alex

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