Re^2: Full path to the current file?

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Hi, ++davidrw
or even

$ perl -MFile::Spec -le 'print File::Spec->rel2abs( __FILE__ ) ;'
/home/svenXY/-e    # for a one-liner
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File::Basename is not necessary here.
Regards,
svenXY

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Re^3: Full path to the current file? by davidrw (Prior) on Jan 08, 2008 at 16:01 UTC
OP said I have a module that needs to know its path in order to access another file in the same location. -- the second step of File::Basename is to fulfill that requirement (even though he didn't directly ask for it). Other shell (bash) solutions: # setup cd /var/tmp/ touch foo f='../../var/tmp/foo' # for just the directory: d=`(cd ${f%/*} && pwd)` #or: d=`dirname $f` d=`cd $d && pwd` # for the filename (rel2abs): d=`dirname $f` d=`cd $d && pwd` f=`basename $f` f=`/bin/ls $d/$f` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Full path to the current file?
by davidrw (Prior) on Jan 08, 2008 at 16:01 UTC

I have a module that needs to know its path in order to access another file in the same location.

File::Basename

# setup
cd /var/tmp/
touch foo
f='../../var/tmp/foo'

# for just the directory:
d=`(cd ${f%/*} && pwd)`
#or:
d=`dirname $f`
d=`cd $d && pwd`

# for the filename (rel2abs):
d=`dirname $f`
d=`cd $d && pwd`
f=`basename $f`
f=`/bin/ls $d/$f`
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