Re: [MacPerl] the directory where the script is running

[pvhp@forte.com (Peter Prymmer)]

Vicki Brown wrote:

> If you want a _portable_ solution, however... it gets harder.

<snip>

> If the script is called by a relative pathname, then $0 contains that
> relative path (and you have to figure out the location by where it is in
> terms of the current directory.)

??

 use Cwd;

 my $pwd = cwd;

 print "I think I am in $pwd\n";

__END__

on a Mac yields:

  I think I am in HD:MacPerl f:

And seems to yield reasonable results on other platforms as well.

Peter Prymmer


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