my $path=`pwd` on *nix my $path=`cd` on win* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Ling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:25 AM Subject: Path to script
> Hi all, > > I have the following bit of code that works out the directory path to > the currently executing script. > > My $path = $0; > $path =~ s#(^/.+/).+$#$1# ; > > This works but doesn't make me happy, is there a better way? > > Thanks > > Brian > > > > BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ > > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain > personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically > stated. > If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do > not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in > reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the > BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will > signify your consent to this. > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]