On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 15:02 +0100, Jishnupraveen gira wrote: > > the error code is > > "Couldnt open C:/Program Files/Perl Express/Debug/pdef.txt - No such > file or directory" > > But my script is in the path: > C:\perl123 > > and the file pdef.txt is in the same path..
Try adding the following: use strict; use warnings; use File::Basename; my $Self_Dir = dirname( $0 ); my $fil="$Self_Dir/pdef.txt"; open(DEFILE,"<$fil")|| die "Couldnt open pdef file - $!\n"; -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn "Where there's duct tape, there's hope." "Perl is the duct tape of the Internet." Hassan Schroeder, Sun's first webmaster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/