program knowing home directory (perl)?

sk8guitar · 11-01-2003, 10:48 PM

hey, i am writing this crappy little script that will just create an html file from the contents of the directory i am in. right now the script just uses CWD but i have to copy and paste it into each directoyr i want to do this on, which is a pain in the butt. so i would like to be able to make this program "global" (put it in the usr bin) and somehow have it know what direcotory i am in. is there any way for this to happen?

Kurt M. Weber · 11-02-2003, 12:22 AM

Wait a minute--do you want it to know the home directory or the current directory?

The topic says "home", the message says "current".

Fascistchicken · 11-02-2003, 12:49 AM

sk8guitar · 11-02-2003, 12:52 AM

my bad. i want the program to be global. but i want it to konw what folder i am in. so say i am in /home/user/public_html/bla. i want to call the program, and it will create an index.html file in public_html/bla with the files in that folder. so, the topic should say current, and i will change that. thanks.

Kurt M. Weber · 11-02-2003, 12:53 AM

In that case, Fascistchicken explained it very clearly and simply.

Although that may simply be a shell construct (I don't know) in which case it wouldn't work anywhere else.

sk8guitar · 11-02-2003, 02:28 PM

uhm, it may just be me but fascistchickens post is empty?

david_ross · 11-02-2003, 02:33 PM

Just look at the value of "$ENV{'PWD'}"

Kurt M. Weber · 11-02-2003, 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by sk8guitar
uhm, it may just be me but fascistchickens post is empty?

No, it's not empty. The answer is right there in the body of his post.

sk8guitar · 11-02-2003, 05:01 PM

very weird, here is what i see on my screen

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i will try that $ENV dealy

DarknessX · 11-03-2003, 12:02 PM

even though this is of little importance, I see what sk8guitar sees ;-)

LogicG8 · 11-03-2003, 08:32 PM

I see it too.
Look closely and you will see it as well.
...

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very subtle fascistchicken.

sk8guitar · 11-04-2003, 01:33 PM

hahaha if he means the ./ to say that its in the current directory, i don't know if that will work becuase the script is in one directory and i am in another. and i tried in the shell to do $ENV{'PWD'} and it didn't know what i was talking about? am i typing this in wrong?

david_ross · 11-04-2003, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sk8guitar
hahaha if he means the ./ to say that its in the current directory, i don't know if that will work becuase the script is in one directory and i am in another. and i tried in the shell to do $ENV{'PWD'} and it didn't know what i was talking about? am i typing this in wrong?

By shell I asusme you mean bash?
In the title you said perl

./ will work since it is teh directory YOU are in but it will not give you the full path - hence why I suggested the environment variable.

Kurt M. Weber · 11-04-2003, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sk8guitar
very weird, here is what i see on my screen

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Yes, that is correct

sk8guitar · 11-05-2003, 07:02 PM

yeah, but i tired the einvroment variable like you said it doesn't seem to be working.

Code:

[akropp@akropp akropp]$ $ENV{'PWD'}
bash: {PWD}: command not found