relative paths...

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Re: relative paths... by AppleFritter (Vicar) on Aug 13, 2014 at 09:28 UTC
Without having looked at this in detail, I'd say you simply got your paths wrong. What does the directory hierarchy look like? You also don't need to shell out to copy files, BTW; there's modules like File::Copy and Win32 (which contains a `CopyFile()` function) for that purpose.	[reply]
Re: relative paths... by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Aug 13, 2014 at 09:28 UTC
Hi there. It's hard for me to tell exactly what you want with no code formatting, but let me recommend a few things. For converting absolute path to relative path, you should use something like `abs2rel` from File::Spec. For copying files, you should use `copy`/`cp` from File::Copy. Edit: Use of File::Spec or Path::Class will also make your paths much less prone to errors related to dealing with weird Windows backslashes.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: relative paths... by Anonymous Monk on Aug 13, 2014 at 11:08 UTC
zee12, it seems you deleted the contents of your previous node about a folder with a time stamp and replaced it with this same question. Please don't do that. See also How do I change/delete my post? please VERY FAST..!!!!!! please reply ASAP..!!!! Perhaps `#perl-help` on IRC would be helpful if in you're in that much of a rush. Also if I Google "perl absolute to relative path", the very first link is to File::Spec (as also recommended by frozenwithjoy). Did that not work for you?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: relative paths... by aitap (Curate) on Aug 13, 2014 at 10:07 UTC
Maybe your relative copy command fails because your current directory (`use Cwd 'getcwd'; print getcwd(), "\n";`) is different from what you expect?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: relative paths... by poj (Abbot) on Aug 13, 2014 at 12:21 UTC
`mkdir "$dir1\\BC_TESTCASES"` will fail if `$dir1` does not exist. Consider using File::Path, for example `#!perl use strict; use File::Path 'make_path'; my $dir = 'xyz1'; make_path("$dir/BC_TESTCASES",{verbose=>1}) or warn "$!";` [download] poj	[reply] [d/l] [select]