On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 11:04:34 +0600, Debraj Bhattacharyya wrote: > I am facing a problem .In one script ,it asks the user to enter a > filename ,where the whole path can also be entered.For Example : > > Enter the FILENAME : /usr/bin/xyz.sql > > My question is how to separate the directory path from the filename > ,store it in different variables and then go to that particular > directory to look for the file ?
What have you tried so far ? To separate filenames and directories, I would suggest to use the module File::Basename from CPAN. Storing in different variables seems not to be too hard. To go into a directory look to perldoc -f chdir Greetings, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
