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script path, environment variable
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stillflame
Programmer
- Jan 12, 2001
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You can use the same syntax you would to access the folder when you're on the command line. the following will all work:
"../../file.txt"
"relative/folder/file.txt"
"/absolute/folder/path/file.txt"
This is the syntax in *nix, but it sould work exactly the same in windows. "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try spending a night in a closed tent with a mosquito."
"../../file.txt"
"relative/folder/file.txt"
"/absolute/folder/path/file.txt"
This is the syntax in *nix, but it sould work exactly the same in windows. "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try spending a night in a closed tent with a mosquito."
I use this trick to open a ini file in the same directory as the script. I suppose you could a /../.. if required.
# Set the file value
$my_file = "file.ini";
# Get the directory where script.pl is located
$my_directory = dirname($0);
# Set the ini file object
open(SOURCE, "< $my_directory/$my_file"
;
Thierry
# Set the file value
$my_file = "file.ini";
# Get the directory where script.pl is located
$my_directory = dirname($0);
# Set the ini file object
open(SOURCE, "< $my_directory/$my_file"
;Thierry
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