Or depending on when you need this found. you might able to use. chomp($home=`pwd`); -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; beginners@perl.org Sent: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 4:50 AM Subject: Re: Home directory
Hi, On 2007/02/26, at 02:26, Thomas Yan wrote: Hello, Hi all. How do I, inside Perl, get the path of the home directory? I assume if I can do this, it will only work under Linux / Unix? Under windows you can use print $ENV{USERPROFILE} to get the home directory. such as: C:\Documents and Settings\yantao USERPROFILE is the environment variable. You can also use the File::HomeDir module, that implements the abstraction for those operational systems. HTH! -- Igor Sutton Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.