Hello , > print `cd`; > > (those are back tics, not quotes) works. "cd" by itself, in winx returns > the current dir.
Waw! it works! Thank you. WDSPAW> If indeed the env. vrbl CD is set, try: WDSPAW> print $ENV{CD}, "\n"; WDSPAW> It's not set on my XP Doze. on my too :-( ---------------------------- sorry, I ran my code in DzSoft Perl Editor and %CD% was not set in it. It works fine in cmd.exe. open (FILE,"echo %CD% |") or die "$! - $^E\n"; print while (<FILE>); close FILE; >> How can I find out my current CWD without Win32::GetCwd() ? >> in dos window I run "echo %CD%" and got e.g. "e:\test" WDSPAW> Use the std module WDSPAW> use Cwd; WDSPAW> To use: WDSPAW> my $currpwd = cwd; thanks, but I am looking for solution without any modules. -- Best regards, Pavel Prostine _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs