On 9/24/09 Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:23 PM, "Noah" <noah-l...@enabled.com> scribbled:
> Hi there, > > How do I use the glob command to handle "~"? > > I am getting file not found for something like ~/cvs/blah.pl > so this command dies with "file not found:" > > open BBOUTPUT, "<$output_file" or die $!; Converting the tilde character to a user's home directory is something done by a shell. Perl will not automatically do the conversion. See the advice given in the Perl FAQ Section 5: perldoc -q tilde or <http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/perl/pod/perlfaq5/How_can_I_translate_til des_(~)_in_a_file.html> The method uses the 8th element of the array returned by getpwnam, $ENV{HOME}, or $ENV{LOGDIR}. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
