Re: $0 consistent!

It's exactly what you ran, which depends on your current working directory.

d:\tmp>echo print $0 > test.pl

d:\tmp>perl test.pl
test.pl

d:\tmp>cd ..

d:\>perl tmp/test.pl
tmp/test.pl

d:\>perl tmp\test.pl
tmp\test.pl

d:\>perl tmp/../tmp\test.pl
tmp/../tmp\test.pl

d:\>
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update

it's verbatim what was called, even the slashes are not normalized on windows.

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)

Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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Re^2: $0 consistent! by misterperl (Friar) on Apr 13, 2022 at 14:13 UTC
OK so when I call it I use perl -wd myscript.pl $0 has no path, and when the crontab calls it, its the full path.. Rolf- you are BRILL! TY the world makes sense again..	[reply]