#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Cwd; print "cwd() is:\t\t",cwd(),"\n"; print "should be:\t\t/home/me/\n\n"; print "\$ENV{PWD} is:\t\t",$ENV{PWD},"\n"; print "should be: \t\t/home/me/\n\n"; print '`pwd` is:',"\t\t",`pwd`; print "should be:\t\t/home/me/\n\n"; # both work fine open(FH,'<','test.txt') or die "$!\n"; open(FH,'<','/home/me/test.txt') or die "$!\n";