On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my bash scripts I often use this (to change to the directory where > the script is): > > cd $(dirname $0) > > Is there an equivalent in perl?
1. Short answer: http://perldoc.perl.org/File/Basename.html, and "$0" in perl works like in the shell. 2. Longer answer: install the FF search engines for perldoc.perl.org and CPAN and you'll always be a simple search away from answers to all perl-related questions you'll ever have. Cheers, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
