On 5/26/05, Peter Rabbitson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this: > > my $path = [File::Spec->splitpath (File::Spec->rel2abs ($0))]->[1]; > > the only OS independent (unix/win32) way to determine the absolute path of > the directory which contains the current process, or there is a less cryptic > way that I am overlooking? >
What do you mean by "current process"? If you mean "the path to the currently running executable" ($0), You can use a combination of the abs_path function from Cwd together with "dirname" from File::Basename : use Cwd qw(abs_path); use File::Basename qw(dirname); my $path = dirname(abs_path($0)); However please note that the current process may be running in an entirely different directory then the one that hold the executable. To find the current directory, use: use Cwd qw(cwd); my $path = cwd(); HTH, -- Offer Kaye -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
