Newbie File Question....

2008-02-13 Thread Richard.Copits
I've been going over some listings and I found code like the following: "./directory/file.txt" and "../directory/file.txt" but I've never seen the "./" and "../" things at the beginning of the path. I've tried to google these but had no luck. I've googled "file specification" and "dire

Re: Newbie File Question....

2008-02-13 Thread Rob Coops
On a unix/linux file system you see the following: $ ls -la total 244 drwx--9 rcoops ddao24096 Feb 13 09:40 . drwxr-xr-x 39 root root 4096 Feb 11 13:23 .. -rw---1 rcoops ddao2 158310 Feb 13 09:40 .bash_history -rw-r--r--1 rcoops ddao2 2

Re: Newbie File Question....

2008-02-13 Thread Kashif Salman
On Feb 13, 2008 8:34 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been going over some listings and I found code > > like the following: > > > > "./directory/file.txt" and > > "../directory/file.txt" > > > > but I've never seen the "./" and "../" things at the > > beginning of the path. I've tried to goo

Re: Newbie File Question....

2008-02-13 Thread Michael Barnes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] told me on 02/13/2008 10:34 AM: > I've been going over some listings and I found code > > like the following: > > > > "./directory/file.txt" and > > "../directory/file.txt" > > > > but I've never seen the "./" and "../" things at the > > beginning of the path. I've trie

Re: Newbie File Question....

2008-02-13 Thread MK
On 02/13/2008 11:34:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -> I've been going over some listings and I found code -> -> like the following: -> -> -> -> "./directory/file.txt" and -> -> "../directory/file.txt" this is not really a perl question, but since perl does respect the reference: "." and ".."

Re: Newbie File Question....

2008-02-13 Thread David Moreno
On Feb 13, 2008 12:30 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you to all who replied to this requestnow I > understand! I appreciate the help and the courtesy > of the replies! Once againThank You!! "One more satisfied customer" -said somewhere sometime by merlyn. -- David Moreno - http

RE: Newbie File Question....

2008-02-13 Thread Richard.Copits
Thank you to all who replied to this requestnow I understand! I appreciate the help and the courtesy of the replies! Once againThank You!! -Original Message- From: Copits Dick Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:35 AM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Newbie File Question