I agree and i accept my folly. Thanks [?] I guess being a novice clearly shows. Forever.... Nikhil Babu
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Chas. Owens <chas.ow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 04:03, Nikhil Babu <nikhil.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > you can very well try the following
> >
> > $x = ENV{'PWD'};
> >
> > this reads the present working directory from the $PWD environment
> > variable.
> snip
>
> Relying on environment variables is as bad as calling external
> programs. The Cwd module is part of Core Perl for a reason.
>
> --
> Chas. Owens
> wonkden.net
> The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read.
>
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